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| Deep concern about verdicts against NGO employees in Egypt |
| [Norwaynews] [14.06.2013, 11:16pm, Fri. GMT] |
| “I am deeply concerned about the severe sentences handed down against local and international representatives of NGOs in Egypt, including one Norwegian,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. “The sentences and the trial show a very worrying trend for civil society in Egypt. Civil society is playing an essential role in the process of democratisation in Egypt,” said the Foreign Minister. |
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| Record-breaking Norwegian |
| [Norwaynews] [23.12.2012, 10:04am, Sun. GMT] |
| Grandmaster at 13. World No 1 at 19. World’s highest-ever rated player at 22. Meet Magnus Carlsen, who has made it a habit of breaking records from the time he became the third youngest GM in the history of chess in 2004. The Norwegian dubbed the ‘Mozart of Chess’ broke the 13-year-old highest-ever rating record of Garry Kasparov (2851) with a spectacular show at the London Chess Classic. |
| | | | US Nordic women land historic first-place relay podium |
| [Norwaynews] [30.11.2012, 09:38am, Fri. GMT] |
| The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team made history Sunday, scoring its first ever FIS World Cup relay podium in a women's 4x5-kilometer team event in Gaellivare, Sweden. In a race where each of the four U.S. women needed to have their best ever 5k races, Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) outsprinted Norway II into the finish to claim third with Norway taking the win over Sweden. After a solid opening classic leg by Holly Brooks (Anchorage, Alaska), Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska) skied strategically with the pack before finding an opportunity off a corner to take a line on the leader. |
| | | | Norway win mixed event in Lillehammer |
| [Norwaynews] [23.11.2012, 08:14pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Reigning ski jumping World Cup champion Anders Bardal got the new season off to the perfect start as he held his nerve to help Norway clinch mixed team gold in Lillehammer. Bardal, alongside Maren Lundby, Tom Hilde and Anette Sagen, looked good almost throughout the mixed team competition and were not to be denied a deserved victory. The Norwegian quartet held a slender lead over Japan after a first round that saw Austria fail to qualify following Andreas Kofler's disqualification for an illegal suit. |
| | | | Dutch domination in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [19.11.2012, 06:57pm, Mon. GMT] |
| The Norwegian International Championships was held in Norway’s capital Oslo 15- 18 November. It was a good tournament with lots of exciting games and good quality play. The Netherlands came to dominate the doubles finals, with all their four pairs in both the men’s and women’s doubles finals cam from the Netherlands. Also the mixed doubles finals had one pair from the Netherlands. |
| | | | Zambia Courting Norway for Friendly in 2013 AfCON Preps |
| [Norwaynews] [28.10.2012, 12:47pm, Sun. GMT] |
Zambia are to host Norway in a warm-up on January 14 as they leave nothing to chance after they were grouped with Nigeria for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. MTNfootball quotes FAZ sources saying the game will be Zambia's final friendly before their January 21 opening 2013 Africa Cup Group C game against Ethiopia. Nigeria and Burkina Faso are the other teams in Zambia's first round group. Norway are coming to play us on January 14 Ndola. Negotiations over the friendly are almost concluded, the source said. |
| | | | Northern European Championships conclude in Scotland |
| [Norwaynews] [22.10.2012, 04:54pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Gymnasts from five countries were victorious as the annual Northern European Championships ended Sunday in Glasgow. Sweden's Emma Larsson, the bronze medalist in Saturday's women's all around final, was golden on vault and uneven bars Sunday. The powerful Larsson split the event titles with Wales's Jessica Hogg, who was the class of the field on beam and floor. (Read a terrific profile on Hogg here.) Young Angel Romaeo, who competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Junior Europeans and helped Wales win the team title in Glasgow, added silvers on bars and floor to the silver she won in the all-around. |
| | | | Norway wins first gold at London Olympics |
| [Norwaynews] [08.08.2012, 12:53pm, Wed. GMT] |
| A 36-year canoeist gave Norway its first gold medal of the London Olympics on Wednesday as China and the United States continued their intense Games-long competition for top spot on the medal table. Eirik Veras Larsen won the K-1 event over 1,000 meters at Dorney Lake west of London. Hungary won two of the four gold canoe and kayak medals decided there Wednesday — Rudolf Dombi and Roland Kokeny had a photo-finish in the men's 1,000-metre K-2 and the Hungarian women's quartet ended the 16-year dominance of their German rivals in the K-4 500. |
| | | | Report: Norwegian player suspected of match-fixing |
| [Norwaynews] [13.07.2012, 09:30am, Fri. GMT] |
| A Norwegian lower-tier football player has been detained in a match-fixing investigation, the latest scandal to hit the country this week following allegations made by players of cheating in both the Premier League and Spanish league. Third-tier club Follo issued a statement on its website confirming the arrest of one of its players — who was not named — and called it “a very serious situation” and a “tough day” for the club. |
| | | | Oslo to host UEFA Grassroots Workshop |
| [Norwaynews] [16.03.2012, 09:28am, Fri. GMT] |
| The next UEFA Grassroots Workshop in 2013 will be hosted by the Football Association of Norway, an organization renowned for its achievements in this vital area of the game. Norway, one of Europe's brightest national associations in the nurturing of grassroots football, will host the next UEFA Grassroots Workshop in 2013 and is proud to be welcoming the European football family to Oslo. Grassroots football is an essential item on UEFA's portfolio of activities, it promotes the idea of football for everyone as well as the knowledge that without a healthy grassroots the elite game cannot flourish. |
| | | | 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. |
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| Base jumper killed in Arizona |
| [Norwaynews] [06.12.2012, 07:41am, Thu. GMT] |
| The Norwegian base jumper died Tuesday after base jumping off a cliff at the Salt Trail Canyon near the Grand Canyon, authorities said. Investigators believe Eiliv Ruud, 37, started his jump at approximately 1,000 feet above the canyon floor. Witnesses said it looked like Ruud fell 500 feet before a gust of wind blew him into the canyon wall, according to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Gerry Blair. |
| | | | 'Modern' Norway well set for future |
| [Norwaynews] [27.11.2012, 06:42pm, Tue. GMT] |
Speaking before Wednesday's finals draw, Jo Inge Berget described Norway Under-21s as a "modern football team" whose style bodes well for the future of the country's international game. Norway take their place in Wednesday's UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals draw with striker Jo Inge Berget confident the country's football future is in safe hands. Norway booked their first U21 finals appearance since 1998 courtesy of a 5-4 aggregate triumph over France in the play-offs. |
| | | | Norwegian athletics coach suspended |
| [Norwaynews] [19.11.2012, 07:42pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A Norwegian athletics coach has been suspended after receiving emails on doping procedures from the former coach of Jamaican star Merlene Ottey. The Norwegian Athletics Association on Monday suspended one of its coaches, Petar Vukicevik, on suspicion of having supplied athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. The decision came after the Norwegian press published emails about doping allegedly sent to a Slovenian colleague by the coach, who is of Serbian origin. |
| | | | South Africa faces Norway as part of final preparation for African Cup |
| [Norwaynews] [06.11.2012, 02:29pm, Tue. GMT] |
| South Africa has lined up a friendly against Norway in January as part of its final preparations before hosting the African Cup of Nations. Bafana Bafana will play Norway at the rarely used Cape Town World Cup stadium on Jan. 8, just under two weeks before the start of the African championship. The South African Football Association says the national team would then have one more warm-up game before facing Cape Verde in the African Cup opener on Jan. 19. |
| | | | Retired Norwegian cyclist admits to doping |
| [Norwaynews] [24.10.2012, 11:30am, Wed. GMT] |
| Retired Norwegian cyclist Steffen Kjaergaard admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. At a press conference here Tuesday, Kjaergaard said he did not tell the truth for nearly 15 years about what he called the "dark days" of his past, reports Xinhua. "My career started in 1996. Throughout the first year I got an understanding of a dirty game which I was quite unprepared for," he said. |
| | | | Mix Diskerud to Rosenborg |
| [Norwaynews] [10.08.2012, 01:01pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norwegian club Rosenborg says it has signed Mikkel Diskerud for the rest of the year. The 21 year-old Norwegian-born American says it is "an honor" to play for the club. Rosenborg sporting director Erik Hoftun told a Norwegian news agency they had hoped the midfielder's contract would have been longer, but Diskerud only signed until the end of the year to get "acquainted" with the team. Diskerud was presented by Rosenborg late Thursday. He has previously played for Stabaek Baerum of Norway and Belgium's KAA Gent. |
| | | | 64 Norwegian participants at London Olympics |
| [Norwaynews] [28.07.2012, 12:26pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Kayaker Mira Verås Larsen (25) carried the Norwegian flag at the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games late Friday evening. There are 64 Norwegian athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present at the opening ceremony, and are representing the Norwegian Royal Family at the Games. |
| | | | Norwegian world champion dies of heart attack |
| [Norwaynews] [01.05.2012, 07:05pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway's world swimming champion Alexander Dale Oen has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 26. One of his country's best hopes for a medal at this year's London Olympics, Dale Oen was attending an altitude training camp in Arizona when he died. He became a national hero last year when he won his country's first world championship swimming title - in the 100 metres breaststroke in Shanghai - just days after Norway had been rocked by the massacre of 77 people by far right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik. |
| | | | 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. |
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