Women's Football: Norway ready for the WC Semifinal

19-year old Isabell Herlovsen scored in the 32nd minute when Norway's women beat host nation China 1-0 in the Women's World Cup 2007 quarter final on Sunday, earning Norway a semi-final meeting with Germany.

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Football: Solskjaer to train ManU strikers

Norway international Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will stay on at Manchester United as special coach for the Premier League club's strikers.

This was confirmed by ManU manager Sir Alex Ferguson at a press conference on Friday.
- We want him as part of our coaching team this season. He will assist us with the technicaal part, particularly with the strikers. I believe he will be a good trainer, Ferguson said.
He also paid further tribute to Solskjaer:
- He was a fantastic player and a human being, a dedicated footballer. All that you all know about Ole Gunnar is quite true. There are no myths around him. He is a genuine man, and has been a credit to our club, to himself and to his family, Sir Alex said.

Football: ManU's Solskjaer retires

Norway's most famous footballer, Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Solskjær), has decided to retire from the sport with immediate effect.

The report says Solskjaer had been informed that an eighth operation on his knee would be needed if he wanted to continue his career, and that this had made the 34-year-old star decide to retire.
He underwent his last operation last June, and was then convinced he still had something to offer.

Soskjaer has played 366 matches and scored 126 goals for Manchester United since he transferred from Molde in 1996. He became legendary in ManU when he scored the winning goal in the Championship League final in 1999.

Football (soccer) match Norway-Argentina 2-1

Carew boosted to hero status

His teammates, his coach, Norwegian fans and even Argentinian rival Lionel Messi -- one of the best soccer players in the world -- were hailing John Carew after Norway's surprise victory over Argentina Wednesday evening.

The Norwegian national soccer squad beat Argentina's 2-1 in a so-called "friendly" match at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo. Not many had expected that Norway, not exactly known as an international soccer powerhouse, would be any match for Argentina.

Bryan King honored

English goalkeeper Bryan King was honored for his long football career at Millwall over the weekend, but his Norwegian connections are less well known.

King now lives in Kongsberg in Norway and is a talent scout for top London club Tottenham. He has also trained four Norwegian teams in the lower divisions of the national league system.

Still revered as a hero by Millwall supporters, goal keeper King was signed for £57,000 from the Lions in the summer of '75. He will never be forgotten for misjudging his drop kick out of the area in the final minute against Burley, and being penalised for handball.

Football (soccer) supporters from Norway

Armchair hooligan arrested

A drunken soccer fan had to be taken into custody for aggressively protecting his right to watch a football match on television. A man in his 40s from Drammen settled down on Wednesday evening with a supply of alcohol, ready to watch a full night of Champions League football, but the more he drank the more sensitive he became to distracting sounds.
Finding the sounds coming from the adjacent apartment to be interfering with his television enjoyment, the football fan went out into the hallway to bang loudly on his neighbor's door while screaming and complaining.
The sports fan's neighbor responded by calling the police, and the sensitive spectator eventually and reluctantly returned to his own apartment upon urging from the law.
After another interval of drinking the man returned to hammering away on his neighbor's door while yelling that he wanted "to be left in peace".
The second offense was met with arrest, and the eager football fan now likely faces charges of disturbing the peace.
Footbal (soocer) is a dangerous sport, even at home