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| Norwegian squad announced. |
| [Norwaynews] [26.05.2009, 03:38pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norwegian coach Egil “Drillo” Olsen announced the squad for the upcoming match against Macedonia from the WC2010 qualifying Group 9. Macedonia hosts Norway on June 6th, 2009 in Skopje. Led by John Carew, John Arne Riise, Morten Gamst Pedersen and Bred Hangeland, Norway will still have tough task to fight for their first win under the hot Macedonian sun on June 6th at 17:45. The Norwegian national team coach Egil Olsen announced the following squad: |
 | | | | Norwegian referee smuggled out of UK after death threats. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.05.2009, 01:25pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was today smuggled out of Britain by police who feared for his safety because of his role in Chelsea's exit from the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona. Ovrebo turned down four strong penalty appeals by Chelsea, who lost the semi-final on the away goals rule after Andres Iniesta scored in the 93rd-minute of the second leg to level the scores at 1-1 on the night and on aggregate. At the end of the game, Ovrebo was confronted by a furious Didier Drogba and had to be escorted down the tunnel by a group of Chelsea stewards who had difficulty restraining the striker. |
| | | | 10 medals for Norway in Beijing Olympics. |
| [Norwaynews] [24.08.2008, 01:05pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Norway captured ten medals in the Beijing Olympic Games 2008: Three gold, five silver and two bronze medals. This is four medals more than in the Athens Games in 2004. This year, the gold medals went to rower Olaf Tufte, to the Women's handball team and to Javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen. Silver medals were won by swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, Tore Brovold in Skeet, Kjersti Tysse Plätzer in the Women's 20km Walk, Erik Veraas Larsen in the Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000 m and Nina Solheim in the women's Taekwondo 67 kg event. The bronze medals went to Sara Nordenstam in the Women's 200m Breaststroke event and to the Norwegian Equestrian team in the Show Jumping Event. |
| | | | Norway woman wins gold in handball. |
| [Norwaynews] [23.08.2008, 12:37pm, Sat. GMT] |
| In a meeting between the two best teams in the sport, Norway rolled to a 34-27 victory over Russia to win the gold medal in women's handball at the Beijing Olympics. The final was a rematch of the 2006 European championships, won by Norway, and the 2007 world championships, won by Russia. Norway opened the game with a 13-3 run, taking its 10-goal lead midway through the first half on one of Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth's nine tallies. Russia pulled within 18-13 at halftime, but would never be closer than five goals the rest of the way. It was the first Olympic medal for Norway in handball since the women's team won bronze in 2000. |
| | | | Norwegian game shop sells Halo 3 copies early, breaks street date by nearly 2 weeks! |
| [Norwaynews] [17.09.2007, 12:06pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Choi Wang mailed us in to reveal that a Norwegian game shop called Expert today sold at least two copies of Halo 3 to the public, he added the following picture as proof. In the past, premature street date breaks have resulted in competitors following suit, if this occurs, we could all be purchasing Halo 3 a lot earlier than we thought. |
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| Norwegian Child Prodigy Defeats Bulgaria Chess Master. |
| [Norwaynews] [14.05.2009, 10:14pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norwegian wonder boy Magnus Carlsen beat Bulgaria's chess master Vesilin Topalov in the first round of the M-Tel masters in Sofia In the most anticipated match from the first round, 18-year-old Carlsen took advantage of playing with the white pieces to beat Topalov in 36 moves of a Slav Defense. Their game took place in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov, Sofia. |
| | | | Ice Hockey: Canada beats Norway at worlds |
| [Norwaynews] [04.05.2009, 06:35pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Canada eliminated Norway from the ice hockey world championship in Zurich with a 5-1 win on Sunday May 3. This is Canada’s fifth straight victory at the tournament, reports AP. Mads Zuccarello Aasen tied the game for Norway in the first period, but the Canadians then dominated and outshot their opponents 47-30. The win officially eliminated Norway from qualifying for the quarterfinals, while it assures Belarus of a place. Canada finishes the second round on Monday May 4 against Finland, with the winner taking first place in the group. |
| | | | Norway wins gold in javelin. |
| [Norwaynews] [23.08.2008, 03:47pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway won a gold medal in men's javelin Saturday at the Beijing Games, making him a two-time defending Olympic champion in the event. Thorkildsen made it two straight golds by turning in an Olympic-record toss of 90.57 meters, easily outdistancing Latvia's Ainars Kovals, who had a best throw of 86.64 meters. Finland's Tero Pitkamaki won the bronze and was just .16 meters behind Kovals. The next two places were also held by Finns as Tero Jarvenpaa and Teemu Wirkkala ended fourth and fifth, respectively. |
| | | | Norway invites Iran to play friendly matches. |
| [Norwaynews] [26.07.2008, 03:13pm, Sat. GMT] |
 The Iranian Women's National Soccer Team has been invited to play two friendly matches against the Norwegian national squad. "The Norwegian Football Federation has invited Iran to hold a camp in the country and play two friendlies against their women's national team," Fars news agency quoted Farideh Shojaei, the head of the Iranian Women's Committee, as saying on Saturday. The Norwegian federation has reportedly agreed to finance the trip and camping charges.
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| | | | Norway women denied by Australia |
| [Norwaynews] [16.09.2007, 10:57am, Sun. GMT] |
| A goal by substitute Lisa De Vanna in the 83rd minute gave Australia a 1-1 draw with Norway in Group C. Australia, with four points from two games, need only a draw against Canada, to reach the last eight, while Norway need a draw against Ghana to advance. |
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The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
