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| Nigeria: Govt Imports N109 Billion Fish From Norway Annually |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:38pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Nigeria imports fish worth about N109.2 billion ($700 million) annually from Norway, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Kjell Lillerud has said. He said this yesterday in Abuja when he visited the Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom.Lillerud said that though he does not have the tonnage of fish that gets to Nigeria, there are three categories with stock fish taking the lead. |
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| Norway / Football tragedy in Egypt |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:49pm, Fri. GMT] |
| “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the Egyptian authorities and the people of Egypt for the tragic incident at the football stadium in Port Said yesterday evening. My thoughts go especially to those who have lost their loved ones,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. At least 74 people were killed and many hundred injured when rioting broke out during and after a football match in the Egyptian port city of Port Said. |
| | | | Norwegian player has a heart-attack during a match |
| [Norwaynews] [26.09.2011, 11:46am, Mon. GMT] |
| A top-flight football player in Norway, Carl-Erik Torp, was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack during a match at the weekend, his team said. Torp, a 27-year-old midfielder with SK Brann, collapsed on the field on Sunday about 10 minutes after entering the game against Sogndal in the 78th minute. Rescuers performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on him before transporting him to hospital by helicopter. |
| | | | Northug Looks to Go the Distance in Main Event |
| [Norwaynews] [14.07.2011, 08:19am, Thu. GMT] |
| Petter Northug is trading skis and snow for chips and felt at the 2011 WSOP Main Event. The Norwegian, widely considered to be the best cross-country skier in the world, had no problem building a stack on Day 1 and looked comfortable at a tough table draw on Day 2a. “I love to play poker,” he explained. “I’ve been playing for over five years now.” |
| | | | Ireland to clash with Norway in November |
| [Norwaynews] [03.07.2010, 01:53pm, Sat. GMT] |
THE Republic of Ireland are to play Norway in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium. Giovanni Trapattoni’s men, who will by then be four games into the qualifying campaign for Euro 2012, will face the Norwegians in Dublin on November 17. The sides last met in a friendly in Oslo in August 2008 when skipper Robbie Keane scored in a 1-1 draw.
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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 footballer headed for Guinness record |
| [Norwaynews] [28.09.2011, 08:00am, Wed. GMT] |
| A Norwegian first division side said Tuesday it plans to nominate a 57-metre headed goal by one of its midfielders, Jone Samuelsen, to the Guinness book of world records. Samuelsen's feat occurred late in a match Sunday as his team, Odd Grenland, led opponents Tromsoe 2-1. After Tromsoe's 'keeper moved up the pitch to take part in a corner kick, an Odd Grenland defender booted the ball down the pitch. |
| | | | Norway, Czech teams honour massacre victims |
| [Norwaynews] [11.08.2011, 08:49am, Thu. GMT] |
| The Norwegian and Czech soccer teams have paid homage to the 77 people killed in last month’s attacks in Norway as they met for an exhibition. Players on both teams wore black arm bands and held a minute’s silence before kickoff Wednesday at the Oslo Ullevaal Stadium—in the first major international sports event held in Norway since the July 22 bombing and shooting rampage by a right-wing extremist. |
| | | | Portugal aims to continue resurgence against Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [03.06.2011, 12:04pm, Fri. GMT] |
| With Cristiano Ronaldo back in goalscoring form, Portugal is fired up for a European Championship qualifier against Norway on Saturday that could put it joint top of Group H. The Portuguese are fighting back from a poor start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign when they took just one point from their first two matches. Under coach Paulo Bento, who replaced Carlos Queiroz last September, Portugal has a 4—1—1 record that includes a 4—0 triumph over World Cup champion Spain in a friendly. |
| | | | TSA Client Dicoy Williams on Norway Trial |
| [Norwaynews] [23.03.2010, 10:29pm, Tue. GMT] |
TSA Sports Agency’s client and Harbour View FC, Reggae Boyz, Central Defender Dicoy Williams goes on Trial at Mjøndalen IF, Norway Division 1! Dicoy arrived in Oslo, Norway, this morning where he joined the Division 1 Club on a short one week stay. He was invited on short notice to replace another player whose trial was discontinued. Mjøndalen IF shall make a determination within the next few days such that Dicoy could be on the club’s squad of players before the Transfer Window Registration closes at the end of March. |
| | | | 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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