One of Norway's most famous sports stars, speed skater Hjalmar "Hjallis" Andersen has died, at the age of 90. He made his international debut at the 1948 Winter Olympic Games at St.Moritz, Switzerland.
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Retired Norwegian biker Steffen Kjærgaard, who rode for US Postal from 2000 to 2003, has confessed to using EPO, starting in 1998.
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Norway's Evald Boasson Hagen (25) captured silver in the men's road race world championship on Sunday. He crossed the line four seconds behind the winner, Belgium's Philippe Gilbert.
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Norwegian biker Oskar Svendsen (18) won the junior men's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Limburg on Monday, ahead of Slovenian Matej Mohoric and German Maximilian Schachmann.
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Norwegian cross country biker Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå won silver at the elite women's cross country World Championship at Leogang and Saalfelden, Austria, on Saturday.
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Norwegian biker Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing), who has struggled to find top form all season, has been diagnosed with a viral problem.
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Norwegian biker Edvald Boasson Hagen won the GP Ouest-France in Plouay on Sunday, ahead of Portugal's Rui Costa. Heinrich Haussler came third.
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Norway's Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) won stage four of the Tour of Denmark, a brisk 90-kilometre run from Ringe to Odense on Saturday.
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Around 18,000 bikers take part in the annual Birkebeinerrittet between Rena and Lillehammer this weekend. Birkebeinerrittet is the world's largest cross country bicycle race. The course is 94,6 km long.
The start on Saturday is iin Rena and the finish in Lillehammer. All competitors must have passed 17 years of age as per December 31, 2012 and must carry a backpack of at least 3,5 kg throughout the race.
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Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) was not able to defend last year's win in the Vattenfall Cyclassics race. He ended in fifth place in Sunday's race in Hamburg.
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Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå fell on the first hill of the Women's Cross-country Mountain Bike race at the London Olympics on Saturday, and was left hopelessly behind the lead.
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Norwegian biker Alexander Kristoff captured Norway's first medal of the London Olympic Games as he secured third placae and the bornze medal in the men's Olympic road race on Saturday.
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Kayaker Mira Verås Larsen (25) carried the Norwegian flag at the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games late Friday evening. There are 64 Norwegian athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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The Bergheim family is not your typical bikers. For five days, they have made their way towards London, where they plan to cheer the Norwegians on in the men's road race on July 28.
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Norwegian biker Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing Team) has decided to drop the London Olympic Games. He will be replaced on the Norwegian team by Vegard Stake Laengen (23) from Asker.
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