Sports  Norwegian football stars building schools in Africa 14/08/2008 :: The Norwegian footballer Ole Gunnar Solskjær is one of the best known Norwegians of all times. He played his testimonial game for Manchester United at the beginning of August. Now he is concentrating on being a “skooligan” for Africa and UNICEF goodwill ambassador. + 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 |
Norwegians and Nature  Norwegian cycling picks up speed 16/07/2008 :: Norwegian cycling is currently enjoying an upswing. Interest in both competitive cycling and cycling for keeping fit has skyrocketed over the last four to five years, for young and old alike. Much of the credit for this can be attributed to big names in the sport such as Thor Hushovd and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå. But determined efforts are also being made to encourage children and young people to start cycling. + More |
Winter Sports  Oslo will host the 2011 Nordic world ski championships 05/06/2006 :: Cheering hit the roof when FIS awarded Oslo the Nordic world ski championships in 2011. Oslo and Holmenkollen arena have hosted the world championships twice before, but before the next round the facility will undergo a full make-over. + 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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