Sports Queen of the Alaskan wilderness 31/03/2008 :: Sigrid Ekran of Norway is one of only a few women who have embarked on the world’s longest and most difficult sled dog race, Alaska’s Iditarod. She finished 24th in this year’s race. + More |
Sports Farewell to” Sunny” football 30/08/2007 :: Norway’s leading international football player through all times, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, steps down from football after 11 years in Premier League. + More |
Sports Norway’s International Football Bash 17/08/2007 :: Norway Cup (29 July – 4 August) is the world’s biggest football tournament for kids and young people. This year, a record breaking number of 1560 teams from 45 different nations participated at Ekebergsletta in Oslo. + More |
The Cradle of Skiing Norwegian Ski Race Celebrates its 800 Year History 16/03/2006 :: Every year, thousands of skiers participate in Birkebeinerrennet. A lot is at stake, but at least they don't have to deal with a civil war in the tracks. 800 years ago, two men of the Birkebeiner group followed the same route to get the newborn future king Haakon Haakonssøn to safety during a turbulent and dangerous time in Norway. + More |
The Cradle of Skiing The cradle of skiing In Norway the sport of skiing was a natural consequence of the country's mountainous topography and heavy winter snows. Modern skiing had its origins in the county of Telemark in the last century, but an ancient rock carving, at Rødøy in ... + More |
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