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Norway's Berger wins biathlon World Cup race
Tora Berger of Norway extended her dominance in the biathlon World Cup by winning her third straight race in Oslo Sunday. Berger overcame two ...
Austria wins 5th successive ski jump world title
Austria won its fifth successive ski jump team title on the large hill to take its first gold medal at the Nordic skiing world championships on ...
Bjoergen wins 30K classic for 12th world title
Marit Bjoergen secured her 12th world title on Saturday by beating Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk in a sprint finish to win the 30-kilometer ...
France's Theaux wins men's downhill in Norway
Adrien Theaux of France earned his second career World Cup victory Saturday by narrowly beating home favorite Aksel Lund Svindal in a downhill.
Guyanese Indian communities to receive Norway aid
Indian communities in Guyana's interior Amazon region are slated to receive $5 million in aid from Norway to launch environmentally friendly ...
Norway wins men's relay at Nordic worlds
Petter Northug gave Norway its seventh straight relay gold at the Nordic world championships on Friday, using his trademark sprinting ability to beat ...
Berger wins biathlon World Cup sprint race
Tora Berger of Norway widened her biathlon World Cup lead by winning the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint on the Holmenkollen course in Oslo on Friday.
Norway takes 6th win at worlds, Germany gets 1st
Norway claimed its sixth victory of the Nordic skiing world championships in the women's 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay on Thursday, while Eric ...
Tarjei Boe of Norway wins men's 10K race
Tarjei Boe of Norway won the men's 10-kilometer sprint Thursday at a biathlon World Cup meet. Boe won in 25 minutes, 44.5 seconds, .01 seconds ahead ...
Norway wins 4x5K relay at Nordic worlds
Marit Bjoergen anchored Norway to its second straight 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay world title Thursday. Bjoergen, Kristin Stoermer Steira, ...
Norway ski federation blasts TV doping allegations
Norway's ski federation has strongly criticized a Swedish TV report that cast doping suspicions against eight-time Olympic champion Bjoern Daehlie and ...
Out of contract, Carew has chance to join Inter
Out of contract since the preseason, Norwegian forward John Carew has a chance to join Inter Milan. Inter president Massimo Moratti says Carew will ...
Pirate Bay moves from Sweden to Norway, Spain
Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is looking for safe havens in Norway and Spain after its Swedish host came under legal pressure to shut it ...
US, Russia win team sprints at Nordic Worlds
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Nordic World Championships, winning the ...
France wins Nordic combined team title at worlds
Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis led France to victory in the Nordic combined team event at the world championships on Sunday. Chappuis — who won ...
Cologna wins 1st world title, Bjoergen her 10th
Dario Cologna finally captured his first Nordic world championships title in the skiathlon, while Marit Bjoergen racked up her 10th to close in on the ...
Bjoergen defends another title to win skiathlon
Marit Bjoergen successfully defended another title at the Nordic skiing world championships as she won the 15-kilometer pursuit skiathlon on Saturday, ...
Iranian diplomat seeking asylum in Norway
A lawyer says an Iranian diplomat in Norway is seeking asylum in the Nordic country. Joergen Loevdal, the Norwegian attorney, says the diplomat, who ...
Bjoergen, Kriukov win sprint gold at Nordic worlds
Marit Bjoergen of Norway won the third individual sprint world title of her career and Russia's Nikita Kriukov matched his Olympic gold as the Nordic ...
Kennedy Center opens Nordic Cool cultural festival
For the next month, the Kennedy Center will glow each night with blue light and shimmers of green, depicting the northern lights and signaling what ...
Olsson, Johaug win cross-country World Cup races
Johan Olsson of Sweden and Therese Johaug of Norway won classical-style races Sunday in the last cross-country World Cup event before the start of the ...
Norway wins ski jump World Cup team title
Anders Jacobsen led Norway to victory at a ski jump World Cup team event Sunday to secure first place in the overall team tour title. Jacobsen soared ...
Kramer, Wust win allround world titles
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer has become the first man to win six allround world championships. Kramer secured his sixth victory Sunday by winning the ...
Boe, Domracheva win mass start races at worlds
Tarjei Boe of Norway and Darya Domracheva of Belarus won mass start races in the final events at the biathlon world championships on Sunday. Boe shot ...