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UK · 34 mins ago

Norway turn World Cup heartbreak into celebration as huge crowds pack Oslo

Squad perform one last ‘Viking row’ on palace steps Parade briefly halted by low-hanging overhead cables More than 100,000 fans flooded the streets of Oslo, Norway’s capital, to give their team a warm welcome, turning the heartbreak of their World Cup exit into ⁠a massive national celebration. A 2-1 ⁠extra-time defeat by England on ​Saturday brought Norway’s historic run to an end in the quarter-finals, shattering their dreams of a place in the last four. However, it did not stop the country…
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