…ban because it has put “the whole game at risk”. Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), says she will seek the backing of her board at a meeting on August 6 to lodge the complaint with FIFA’s ethics committee over an incident that “should not have happened”. Klaveness told AFP the int…

…into giant human Viking ships. “Every game has been the most important (in history) for Norwegian football, especially in the knockout rounds, so this is the third time it is the most important game,” Norway coach Stale Solbakken said on Friday. Kane described 25-year-old Haaland as “a beast” but insisted he and the Ma…

…the best possible environment before what he described as one of the biggest matches in Norwegian football history.Mathisen added that factors such as noise and hygiene could potentially affect players' rest and preparation, although he welcomed the fact that an alternative hotel was secured well before the match. Desp…