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Iceland mountaineers on top of the world
In a season of summit firsts, Ingólfur Geir Gissurarson became the fifth, and so far oldest, Icelander to summit Everest, while the first ascent via the North Face by and Icelander was underway by...
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Finnish hockey stars come home empty handed
The Finnish Hockey team came home from Stockholm without medals to boast after the world No. 2 team lost out on penalties to the United States in Sunday’s Bronze medal match. At the recent World Men’s...
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UFC fighter Reza Madadi arrested for theft in Sweden
UFC lightweight fighter Reza Madadi has been arrested for an incident in the early hours of Friday when he allegedly broke into a shop and made off with $150,000 in luxury handbags in Stockholm,...
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Football: Iceland women defeated by Scotland
European Championship finalists Iceland suffered a surprising home defeat at the hands of Scotland in Reykjavík. It was only the second time Iceland have been beaten in their home country since 2006,...
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Vincent Duvignac wins Nixon Surf Challenge in Iceland
Vincent Duvignac has won the Nixon Surf Challenge 2013 in near freezing conditions just south of the Arctic Circle in Iceland. Iceland is one of the coldest places on Earth to stage a surf competition,...
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Norwegian lottery winner purchases stake in local football club
A Norwegian man who recently became the biggest lottery winner ever in the country has spent a portion of his prize money on buying a 25 per cent stake in a local football club. Yngvar Borgesen, who...
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Iceland footballer Aron Gunnarsson suffers suspected dislocated shoulder
Iceland and Cardiff City star Aron Gunnarsson has suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder while on international duty. The Icelandic captain, who has just help his club side win promotion to the...
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Christian Eriksen hints at Dortmund move
Danish youngster Christian Eriksen has hinted that he could be heading to Borussia Dortmund this summer. The Ajax playmaker has been amongst the most sought after players in Europe for the last couple...
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Allan Simonsen killed in Le Mans crash
Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen has been killed in a crash at the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. Organizers confirmed his death, saying that the 34-year-old’s Aston Martin V8 spun off the track on...
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Greenland politician to resign and lead 2016 AWG in Nuuk
A key Greenlandic politician will resign from parliament in order to become director of the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Greenland. Thirty-seven-year-old Maliina Abelsen, who is the former minister of...
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Icelandic team look forward to UEFA Women’s Championship
Midfielder Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir has spoken of her joy that Iceland has managed to qualify for the UEFA Women’s Championship in Sweden this month. Just five of the 54 UEFA members have smaller...
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Danish striker Bendtner set for Frankfurt move
Arsenal and Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner looks set to seal a £3m move to German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. The move to Germany will bring an end to an eight-year career with the North...
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Icelander takes first in 800m race at the IAAF World Youth Championships
Seventeen year-old Aníta Hinriksdóttir came first in the 800m race at the U-17 athletics world championships in Donetsk in Ukraine yesterday. Aníta completed the run in 2 minutes and 1.13 seconds,...
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Icelandic football team move on to quarter-finals in Women’s Euro
The Icelandic national women’s soccer team won to the Netherlands on Wednesday evening. The two teams met in Växjö for the women’s European Championship football match which the Icelanders won 1 – 0,...
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Norway women miss their penalties and the title
The Euro Women’s 2013 football champions came to close Sunday in , with Germany winning their sixth straight title. Having beaten the odds to advance to the final, Norway’s women’s football team had a...
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Aron Jóhannsson turns his back on Iceland
AZ Alkmaar’s Icelandic striker Aron Jóhannsson has opted to represent the USA instead of Iceland. Aron Jóhannsson, who holds dual citizenship, was born in Mobile, Alabama and has chosen to represent...
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Cavendish wins final Tour of Denmark stage, Wilco Kelderman wins overall
Britain’s Mark Cavendish from the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team crossed the line ahead of Bryan Coquard of Europcar to win the final stage of the Tour of Denmark in Frederiksberg. At the start of the...
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Icelandic FA presidents questions FIFA nationality regulations
Iceland’s Football Association President Geir Þorsteinsson has questioned FIFA’s nationality regulations in the wake of striker Aron Jóhannsson’s decision to represent the US. Geir appeared on US TV...
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Renowned endurance foot race Racing the Planet takes place in Iceland
The sixth edition of Racing the Planet’s Roving Foot Race Series recently took place across the south of Iceland. The endurance race was won by Saudi Arabia’s Mo Foustok, who completed the...
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Teen pilot touches down in Iceland on world tour
Australian teenage pilot Ryan Campbell from Merimbula in New South Wales touched down in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on Saturday to mark the halfway point of his around-the-world trip. The...
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