In an extract from their new book, international referee Jonas Eriksson describes how top officials were made to strip down to be weighed and have their body fat checked
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Norway Chess announce FIDE-approved Total Chess World Championship Tour for 2027 – new format includes "fast classical", featuring time control of 45 minutes with a 30-second increment
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Upcoming match between Norway and Israel overshadowed by politics, with Norwegian football authorities using the game to make a stance over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza
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Denmark's Holger Rune called for tennis authorities to introduce a heat rule at events like the Shanghai Masters – ATP said it was considering bringing in such a policy
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Cecilia Brækhus is the first woman to unify all four belts, first to headline a professional show in Norway, and a fighter whose influence helped scrap a ban on the sport in her homeland
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Two young women are set to become Finland's first same-sex ice dancing team after a landmark rule change by the country's skating federation
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Norway's Olympic gold medallists Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang accept three-month suspensions for suit-tampering at the 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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In the male-dominated world of football leadership, many of the trailblazing women have come from Norway
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Greenland's application for membership of CONCACAF has been unanimously rejected – unable to join UEFA because they only admit countries recognised by the United Nations
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Casper Ruud has criticised the ATP's ranking system, which forces players to compete with injuries – suffers second-round exit at 2025 French Open to Portugal's Nuno Borges
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IndyCar explores independent governance after Penske scandal
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Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland's first grandmaster, two-time Nordic Champion, six-time Icelandic champion, and former FIDE President, passed away on April 4th aged 90
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Norwegian club SK Brann have won a landmark freedom of expression case with the court of arbitration for sport against UEFA
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Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era – signed up for this year's Esports World Cup where he will represent Team Liquid
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Two Norwegian ski jumpers have been disqualified from an event at the 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships after their suits were found to have been manipulated
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Grassroots clubs hold the key as Norway prepares for historic vote to scrap Video Assistant Referee at Norwegian Football Federation's annual general assembly
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Magnus Carlsen rules out playing FIDE events as Freestyle Chess Grand Slam begins – insists he is not trying to take down classical chess
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Norway on the verge of abolishing Video Assistant Referee from domestic football league after clubs in the country's top two divisions recommended formally that it should be discontinued
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Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADA
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Magnus Carlsen has made a sensational u-turn and confirmed that he will participate in the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship in New York City
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Magnus Carlsen has been disqualified from the World Rapid Championship in New York due to a dress code violation – also withdrawing from the World Blitz
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IJF presents the new Judo rules
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FIA seeks rule changes after president allegations
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Statement on General Motors application to join FIA Formula One World Championship in 2026
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F1 closer to approving Andretti bid for expanded grid with Michael Andretti now out of picture
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Otto Drakenberg is challenging Alisher Usmanov for the leadership of the International Fencing Federation – Usmanov is the heavy favorite despite international sanctions
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IOC enters a new era with the creation of Olympic Esports Games – first Games in 2025 in Saudi Arabia
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The International Olympic Committee published a study comparing trans- and cisgender athletes
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NHL players to return to Winter Olympics for 2026 and 2030
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F1 rejects Andretti bid to join by 2026
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Faroe Islands will host the 2027 Island Games after Ynys Mon pulled out due to the costs of hosting the event
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FIA opens investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff over conflict of interest claims
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FIA approves Andretti application for eleventh F1 team slot
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FIFA could make the Women's World Cup more competitive
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‘It’s too much’: UEFA to avoid inflated added time in Champions League
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee opens disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish FA
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Sweden players had to show their genitalia at 2011 Women's World Cup – tests done after allegations of men in Equatorial Guinea squad
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We asked the Olympics why their official esports are so weird
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Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation has formally withdrawn its bid to host the 2027 IIHF World Championship
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How Qatar bought the World Cup
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World Cup organisers have apologised to a Danish television station whose live broadcast was interrupted by Qatari officials who threatened to break their camera equipment
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Ukraine to bid for 2030 men’s football World Cup with Spain and Portugal
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Ski jumping governing bodies from the United States and Norway have forged an unprecedented partnership
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FIFA president: More World Cups could save African migrants from death in the sea
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Breakdancing gets Olympic status to debut at Paris in 2024
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Plans for a Formula One Grand Prix to be held in Denmark have been shelved despite the FIA granting approval to a street layout in Copenhagen
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Italy beats Sweden to host 2026 Winter Olympics
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What will the 2019 World Cup mean for the French cities that host it?
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Who will be king? Three-way battle for control rocks international chess.
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World Cup 2026: Morocco to face joint United States, Mexico and Canada bid
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