Norway have announced their 26-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026™. Stale Solbakken's squad are returning to the global finals for the first time since France 1998 and boast

That is how long Norway football team have been waiting for this qualification for the FIFA World Cup. It isn’t just some dry, historical statistic; it’s a gaping wound for a football

As part of a special World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to fans of all 48 competing nations to capture their unique football culture

Norway’s unique approach to youth athletics has turned it into a winter sports powerhouse. Yet no other sport is as popular as soccer.

Calling the surface “tinder dry,” Norway coach Ståle Solbakken said the natural grass, which was installed for the World Cup impacted play in his team’s 4-1 group stage win over Iraq at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday.

Erling Haaland is the poster boy of Norway's team but a cultural reset is behind their remarkable rise Jared C. Tilton/FIFA via Getty Images Hakon Grottland can still recite his opening assessment of an 11-year-old Martin Odegaard. “Extreme skills ...

Norway is playing in its first World Cup since 1998, and Iraq is back on football’s biggest stage for the first time since 1986. Norway is playing in its first World Cup since 1998, powered by a new “golden generation” led by Erling Haaland and ...

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Norway fans performed the 'Viking Row' a popular stadium chant and crowd movement, on a Boston escalator while heading to the FIFA World Cup match. The video went viral as viewers praised the humour,

By Philip O'Connor June 17 (Reuters) - Erling Haaland's first-half double for Norway in Tuesday's 4-1 World Cup win over Iraq literally shook the Nordic country, with seismology institute NORSAR registering earth tremors in the coastal city of Bergen when he scored on his tournament debut.