Headlines

Results for “Norway”

More stories

New
⚽ Football

Confident Haaland closing in on record after getting World Cup campaign off to great start

Norwegian international super striker Erling Braut Haaland equalled Kjetil Rekdal's record as Norway's all-time top scorer in World Cup history when he scored twice to help the Scandinavians on their way to a 4-1 win against Iraq in their first game of the 2026 World Cup. Now he wants the record for himself.

New
⚽ Football

Solbakken to give Norway players two days off after big win over Iraq

Norway manager Stale Solbakken said his players can now enjoy a well-deserved ⁠rest after beginning their long-awaited World Cup campaign with a 4-1 win over Iraq on Tuesday in Foxborough, where Erling ‌Haaland netted twice.

New
⚽ Football

Coach Arnold upbeat despite Iraq's loss to Norway

Iraq coach Graham Arnold urged his players not to lose heart after their ⁠4-1 defeat by Norway in their World Cup opener on Tuesday and reminded them they have two more chances ‌to get a victory that could put them through to the knockout ‌rounds.

New
⚽ Football

Haaland announes himself at World Cup with brace as Norway see off Iraq

Erling Haaland bagged a brace on his FIFA World Cup (WC) debut, as Norway beat a dogged Iraqi side 4-1 in Group I at the Gillette Stadium to record their largest ever win at the finals.

New
⚽ Football

EXCLUSIVE: Henning Berg on Norway's World Cup hopes, Haaland & Man Utd memories

Former Norway international Henning Berg is preparing for a World Cup that, for the first time in a generation, arrives with genuine expectation rather than relief. The ex-Blackburn and Manchester United defender, now in charge of Omonia in Cyprus, sat down with Flashscore to talk Erling Haaland, his Premier League title-winning days, life under Sir Alex Ferguson and a coaching journey that has run from Glasgow to Warsaw to Nicosia.

New
⚽ Football

Haaland set to make 'very big impact' on Norway's World Cup return, says Solbakken

Norway coach Stale Solbakken says star striker Erling Haaland is poised to make a "very big impact" as his country returns to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

New
⚽ Football

Sick striker isolated from the rest of Norwegian squad before clash against Iraq

Crystal Palace striker Jorgen Strand Larsen has been isolated from the rest of the Norwegian squad as he has been affected by illness leading up to Norway's first match in the World Cup on 17 June against Iraq.

New
⚽ Football

EXCLUSIVE: Hussein Ali on Iraq's World Cup return, facing Mbappe and his roots in Sweden

Hussein Ali is part of the young generation that has ended Iraq's 40-year absence from the World Cup, and he intends to make it count. The Sweden-raised right-back, now impressing in Poland's Ekstraklasa with Pogon Szczecin, sat down with Flashscore to discuss a brutal group alongside France, Norway and Senegal, the challenge of facing Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, and his decision to represent Iraq.

New
⚽ Football

Captain Martin Odegaard shrugs off injury concerns as Norway prepare for Iraq opener

Norway captain Martin Odegaard says he has no concerns about ⁠his fitness ahead of his side's opening World Cup Group I match in Foxborough, Massachusetts ‌on Tuesday, his nation's first game at the finals since ‌1998.

New
⚽ Football

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he was a better striker than Haaland: 'He needs to do a lot more'

Former Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he was a better striker than Manchester City's Erling Braut Haaland who will try to steer Norway to glory at the World Cup