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Moments Of Honest Joy: An English Perspective On Iceland’s World Cup Journey
We at Grapevine have a colourful international horde of writers, editors, and interns who’ll be covering the World Cup. Ahead of the tournament, we asked contributors from Iceland, England, Germany, Brazil and the United States to tell us what Iceland’s journey to…
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Iceland 2-3 Norway: Full Report, Player Ratings, Man Of The Match
Last night, things got a bit awkward as coach Heimir bumped into an ex with an axe to grind. Norway were led by former Iceland coach Lars Lagerbäck to a 2-3 defeat of Iceland in a pre-World Cup friendly at the Laugardalsvöllur…
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The Azzurri Of The North: Italy Adopts Iceland For The 2018 World Cup
An Italian journalist has made headlines here in Iceland recently for his interview with the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Johannesson. The piece appeared in a prominent Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Italians still nurse the hope to replicate Italy’s…
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Photos: Iceland’s Smiters Train For World Cup Combat In Reykjavík
Ahead of their first ever foray into a World Cup tournament, the Icelandic men’s national team held an open training session last week, allowing a press gaggle that included local media, Time magazine and Argentina’s national broadcasting service a look at their…
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Russian Sanctions On Iceland Hinder World Cup Preparations
The trade sanctions imposed by Russia on Iceland three years ago have had a grave impact on Iceland’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup, RÚV reports. The decision to boycott Icelandic products was meant to be a countermeasure to the heavy sanctions…
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Meet The Smiters: Alfreð “Arctic Fox In The Box” Finnbogason
Alfreð Finnbogason is strákarnir okkar’s “Arctic Fox in the Box,” whose cunning spearheads Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side. Alfreð is always lurking in the danger zone, and pounced three times in eight qualification games, a scoring record only bested by talisman Gylfi Sigurðsson. Feared…
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Location Of TV Screens For World Cup Announced In Downtown Reykjavik
It’s almost time—you can feel it in the hail and the storms. Summer is coming, and with it our Smiters’ thirst for victory. Should you want to witness their wrath in the company of other eager fans and on an extra big…
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The Horde Assembles! Iceland’s World Cup Squad Announced
It was the moment we’ve all been waiting for. At a press conference today at the Icelandic Football Association (KSÍ) headquarters, Heimir Hallgrímsson—dentist and manager of Iceland’s national football team—announced the final 23-player raiding party that will soon set sail for Iceland’s…
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#IcelandSmited: Aron Gunnarsson Undergoes Surgery As World Cup Approaches
As Russia sits buried under unseasonably heavy snow, Iceland’s key players are battling injury, all as Argentina’s players resign the national team en masse to avoid facing Iceland. Here’s the latest news from Camp Smite. Alfreð the indestructible Despite being laid low…
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#SmiteTheWorld: We Will Smite Them On The Beaches – Football News
With gangs training for all-out brawls in the forests of Russia, the injury curses flying thick and fast, and clubs around the world trying to sign our in-demand warriors, here’s the latest pre-World Cup news from the Icelandic camp, and beyond. Iceland…
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#SmiteTheWorld: News From Iceland’s Pre-Victorious World Cup Camp
It’s all going off in the Iceland football camp as the World Cup inches ever closer. With blood splattered kits, dramatic star-player injuries, and emerging young heroes looking to make their mark, there’s no shortage of talking points ahead of the tournament.…
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Meet The Smiters: Jón Daði “The Scythe of Selfoss” Böðvarsson
Jón Daði “The Scythe of Selfoss” Böðvarsson is so big that his hometown considers him a landmark as well as a citizen. Born in 1992, Jón Daði was 5“11 by the age of eight and was deemed to be so imposing that…
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“HÚH!”, The Icelandic Viking Clap And How It All Started
The magnificence of the Viking Clap has captivated audiences from all over the world, whether they were affiliated with Iceland or not. But how did it all start? (Hint: probably not in Iceland.) Yahoo Sport travelled all the way to Reykjavík to…
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The World Cup Trophy Visits Its Future Home: Iceland
The World Cup trophy got a preview of its future life today when it was presented to the public in Reykjavík as a part of a tour of the nations competing in the tournament. The trophy was presented in a glass case—probably…
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Iceland News Alert: What Brought You Here?
Of all the things that go on in Iceland on any given day, few of these events will make it into the international press. However, as our world grows smaller, more and more Icelandic stories are getting global attention. Here, we summarise…
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Icelandic Authorities Are Considering Boycotting The World Cup
According to a report from RÚV, the Icelandic government is now considering boycotting the 2018 World Cup hosted in Russia to show solidarity with the UK after a neurotoxic attack against a former spy and his daughter on British soil. If Icelandic…
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Smite The Kremlin: 20% Of All Icelanders Form A Russia-Sacking Football Horde
With the doomsday clock ticking ever closer to footballing midnight, it’s now only three months until Iceland smites the world. The horde’s tribes are slowly gathering beneath the portentous, lightning lick’d skies of Þingvellir for the long journey ahead, sharpening their blades…
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#SmiteTheWorld: Icelandic Football Team Hits New High In FIFA Rankings
The squabbling sewing circle of FIFA have deemed this month, in their continuing infinite wrongness, that the Icelandic national men’s football team are the 18th best side in the world. It’s Iceland’s best ever showing in the FIFA rankings, having risen from…
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Plenty Of Room On The Smitewagon: News From The Iceland Dressing Room
As the Iceland’s national football teams continue to smite the entire world within an inch of its quivering life, we took a closer look at what’s going on inside the sport ahead of our inevitable World Cup-winning destiny. Iceland smites Qatar in…
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#SmiteTheWorld: World Cup Omens From Witches, Entrails, A Magic 8-Ball & More
After the raging, calamitous, historic homeland victory that saw Iceland smite Kosovo within an inch of their mewling, tawdry lives, we thought it would be wise to—over the coming months—consult the various spirits, oracles, witches, animals, decks of mysterious cards, omens, entrails,…
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Kosovo Krushed: Iceland Qualify For World Cup 2018
Iceland tonight qualified for the World Cup, for the first time in the country’s history. They beat Kosovo 2-0 at the national stadium of Laugardalsvöllur to top their group, making them an automatic qualifier for the tournament. Iceland, pop: 340,000, is the…
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Iceland Prepares To Destroy Turkey Tonight
Turkey is set to be mercilessly crushed by Iceland in the first round of the World Cup qualifiers tonight. Wherever and however you choose to watch Iceland’s certain victory over Turkey, the smiting begins at 18:45 GMT, and will be carried out…
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Iceland Smites! Croatia World Cup Qualifier Live Commentary
The mighty warriors of Iceland are about to give the lowly Croatians the smiting of a lifetime on their march to certain World Cup Glory. Follow the action below as we live-tweet the impending massacre, and RT this to win one of…