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Iceland’s Women’s Football Team Ever Closer To UEFA EURO
Iceland’s women’s football team has yet to be scored against, and they are one game away from making it to the UEFA Euros. Vísir reports that Iceland played against Scotland yesterday, beating them 0-4. As such, if they beat Macedonia this Tuesday,…
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Watch The UEFA Championship Outdoors
The City of Reykjavík will be broadcasting live coverage of the UEFA European Championship on a giant screen overlooking Ingólfstorg square. Iceland has, for the first time in history, qualified for the UEFA European Championship finals, which are set to kick off…
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Hardcore Icelandic Teens Play Football In Hail Storm
Some people (read: sane people) might look at a snow and hail storm and think, maybe I should just take a nap, wait for this to blow over. But some look at it as an opportunity for vigorous exercise. Coach Lárus Rúnar Grétarsson…
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It Wasn’t All Bad: Highlights From Last Year In Sports
Athlete of the year: Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir by Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir On the second to last day of 2015, twenty-year-old swimmer Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir was crowned Iceland’s Athlete of the Year, becoming the fifth female winner to win the title since it…
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Iceland Not As Corrupt As Prime Minister Wants It To Be
Last night, Iceland’s national football team made the EuroCup Finals by capturing a tedious tie-game with the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð took this as an opportunity to test his power with prototypical Icelandic passive-aggressiveness. The Prime Minister told…
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Wow! Iceland Qualifies For Euro 2016! ‘Success Is No Fluke’ Say Footie Veterans
Yes! With a goalless draw against Kazakhstan earlier tonight, the Icelandic men’s national football team made history, qualifying for the 2016 UEFA European Championship. Yup, the dudes are going Euro – for the first time ever (note, as some of our readers…
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Iceland Versus The Netherlands: Clash Of The Titanic Midgets
For football fans, last night sure was one for the books. After an exciting match in Amsterdam, it looks like Iceland is headed to the men’s European Championships, while The Netherlands national team took a huge hit. And I got to witness…
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Iceland’s National Sport: Football On The Edge Of The World
On a recent grey and drizzly summer evening, the streets of downtown Reykjavík were oddly empty. But other than the unseasonal weather, there was perhaps another factor in the quietness. Just outside of the downtown area, by the domestic airport, over 1000…
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Head To Toe Arsenal Gear, Except At Funerals
Hardcore Icelandic Arsenal fan, Sigfríð Ingólfsdóttir, only ever wears Arsenal gear or Arsenal themed clothing, reports Vikudagur, except when she has to attend funerals. Sigfríð, 62, began following English football 30 years ago and first started supporting Arsenal after thinking the name…
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Watch Iceland Celebrate Netherlands Win
Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson scored both goals Monday as Iceland pulled off a shock 2-0 defeat of the Netherlands in a European Championship qualifier. After the win, documentarian Sölvi Tryggvason caught this footage of the team celebrating in the locker room. It…
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Ungoo
[Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and China took effect. Iceland is the first, and so far the only, European country to make such an arrangement with the People’s Republic of. No one knows what…
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So What’s This I Hear About Iceland Almost Being In The World Cup?
If you have sat next to an Icelander while watching this year’s World Cup, you will have heard that Iceland almost reached the tournament. That is true, up to a point. Only Croatia stood between the national team and a place in…
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A Guide To Watching The World Cup In Reykjavík
World Cup season is finally upon us. Every four years, football fanaticism surges during a month-long period before reaching its apex in the tournament final, this year scheduled for July 13. The World Cup is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event,…