12 Jul 2016Iceland supporter Bjarni Þór Kristjánsson has taken football fandom to a new level by getting a tattoo on his calf of Iceland and the now-famous HÚH! Viking clap chant.
11 Jul 2016Never before have more Icelanders travelled abroad in one single month than in June 2016 – with Euro 2016 an obvious contributing factor to the increase.
11 Jul 2016Organisers pledge the fanzone on Reykjavik’s central Ingólfstorg square will be back this time next year for the nation to cheer on its women at Euro 2017.
11 Jul 2016Leader of the Danish far-right nationalist Party of the Danes Daniel Carsen has dropped a video on social media accusing Iceland of being ashamed of the fact that their national football team is “Icelandic”.
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8 Jul 2016Despite having made the quarter-finals of the UEFA European finals on three occasions – as compared to once for the men – prize money for Iceland’s footballing women is a mere fraction of what the Euro 2016 boys received.
8 Jul 2016In a touching homage to Iceland and its fans, France had a crack last night at Iceland’s now world-famous HÚ Viking clap after their 2-0 semi-final victory over Germany at Euro 2016.
7 Jul 2016The British man supporting Iceland at Euro 2016 who was brutally stabbed on Sunday has been contacted and informed of the wonderful trip to Iceland awaiting him and his wife organised by sympathetic Icelandic fans.
7 Jul 2016German midfielder Mesut Özil has reportedly sent a text message to his French Arsenal team-mate, Laurent Kosielny, warning him that “Germany is not Iceland”.
7 Jul 2016The Euro 2016 media spotlight on Iceland has certainly not gone unnoticed by Icelandic sandwich and juice chain Lemon, with management now contemplating expansion into Europe, America and Asia.
7 Jul 2016The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) has condemned the unauthorised use of a photograph of an Icelandic player on a race-related image published by a Danish far-right nationalist political party.
6 Jul 2016A group of Iceland fans who went to France to support their home team at Euro 2016 are now clubbing together to invite a British supporter who was stabbed in Paris on Sunday to see a football match in Iceland.
5 Jul 2016French President François Hollande was so captivated by the joy and jubilation of the Iceland fans after a 5-2 defeat that he ignored the requests of his security team at the stadium to stay behind and watch.
5 Jul 2016When the Icelandic national football team was celebrated in the city centre last night, astute viewers noted that every single member of the team was on the phone.
5 Jul 2016The world seems to have adopted Iceland in recent weeks during their admirable showing of our national football team at Euro 2016 – and perhaps no country more so than Sweden.
