When Iceland welcome North Macedonia to Reykjavik this evening, there will be an acceptance that it is now or never in their attempts to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. A 2-0 defeat to Romania on ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – To prepare for his job of keeping Lionel Messi quiet in Iceland's opening game of the World Cup, defender Birkir Saevarsson worked as a salt-packer at a warehouse in an industrial ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) When Lars Lagerback took over as Iceland coach in 2010, he set big targets for a tiny nation that had never qualified for a major MANCHESTER, England (AP) When Lars Lagerback ...

They were the country that won the hearts and minds of football fans everywhere. The smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup finals and the team that humbled England at Euro 2016. A part-time ...

NICE, FRANCE - JUNE 27: Aron Gunnarsson (C) and Iceland players celebrate their team’s 2-1 win with supporters after the UEFA EURO 2016 round of 16 match between England and Iceland at Allianz Riviera ...

His name is Heimir Hallgrimsson, and the first sentence of his Wikipedia biography pretty much says it all: Heimir Hallgrimsson (born 10 June 1967) is an Icelandic football manager and a dentist, ...

He’s just won a presidential election – now he’s targeting the European Championship finals. But anyone thinking that Gudni Johannesson is ready to swap his place in the stands for a suit and ...

That’s not for lack of trying, according to the publication. Electronic Arts reportedly offered to pay KSI, the Icelandic football association, $15,000 to get the team on the roster. That was a poor ...

Iceland pulled off one of the most astonishing results in the history of European football on Monday, knocking England out of the Euro 2016 finals. Playing at its first major international tournament, ...

IT HAS become a familiar ritual. A drum beats twice. A wall of blue-shirted fans grunts and lets rip a thundering clap. The pace quickens, like a Viking horde charging into battle. After every victory ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) To prepare for his job of keeping Lionel Messi quiet in Iceland's opening game of the World Cup, defender Birkir Saevarsson worked as a salt-packer at a warehouse in an ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) When Lars Lagerback took over as Iceland coach in 2010, he set big targets for a tiny nation that had never qualified for a major football tournament. ''Lars told me that the ...