Sport

The Iceland men’s national football team lost to France last night in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. The French team won a confident 4-0 victory against the Icelanders at their home stadium [...]

Hlynur Andrésson became the first Icelander to run a 10k street race in under 30 minutes yesterday when he finished the Parelloop race in the Netherlands with a time of 29:49. Hlynur landed in [...]

Iceland’s national men’s football team won its first UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying match against Andorra on Friday, RÚV reports. It is the team’s first victory under new coach Eirik Hamrén, following [...]

The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) has named Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir and Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson Footballers of the Year, RÚV reports. Sara Björk is a midfielder for the German club VfL [...]

The Icelandic women’s national football team has maintained its top 25 ranking among national women’s teams worldwide, RÚV reports. Iceland is currently ranked 22nd with 1,798 total points. [...]

Icelander Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir won gold in the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday, Vísir reports. Guðbjörg won Iceland’s first medal in the competition for the Women’s [...]

France snatched a draw from the Icelandic men’s national football team yesterday, RÚV reports. The friendly match took place in Stade de Roudourou in Guingamp. Iceland led 0-2 before [...]

The Icelandic men’s national football team faces France in a friendly match this evening. RÚV reported first. The match is the 18th ever between the two teams, who last met on the pitch in 2016 [...]

Gylfi Sigurðsson more than made up for a missed second half penalty in Everton’s Saturday Premier League match at Goodison Park against Fulham, Vísir reports. The midfielder, who has played for [...]

Two Frenchmen and one British man performed a remarkable feat on Thursday when they ‘highlined’ across Dettifoss waterfall, RÚV reports. Highlining is a sport similar to tightrope walking or [...]