Category: Sports

Norwegian soccer superstar Ada Hegerberg signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike, matching the price many male athletes fetch.

Norwegian track and field athletes dominated The Impossible Games, a virtual race against the Kenyan team, which was held at an empty Bislett Stadium in Oslo.

In early May, the Norwegian government decided that the Norwegian men’s soccer league, Eliteserien, would be allowed to start June 16.

Norwegian cross-country superstar Marit Bjørgen announced plans to come out of retirement to compete in Sweden’s Vasaloppet and other races, reports NTB.

On May 7, the Norwegian government approved the start of Eliteserien soccer games with a target start of June 16, provided COVID-19 protocols are followed.

Rising Norwegian ice hockey star Emilio Pettersen has taken the next step in his career, inking an entry-level deal with the Calgary Flames.

Magnus Carlsen wasn’t stopped when the International Chess Federation’s Candidates tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus: he reinvented the game.

Jo Christian Weldingh reports on the challenges that the sports industry in Norway faces in the aftermath of the coronavirus.

Thomas Waerner of Norway arrived in Nome, Alaska, on March 18 as the champion of the 48th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

While the winter sports season was cut bitterly short by the coronavirus outbreak, sports editor Michael Kleiner has compiled the final standings for the season-that-was in Norway’s major winter sports. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Final Men’s...