Katrin Omarsdottir signed by Liverpool
Katrín Ómarsdótir joins Liverpool Ladies FC, England, according to the clubs website today. She was playing for Kristianstad, Sweden before. Liverpool. The 25 year old midfielder has played international football at all levels for Iceland gaining 48 caps and scoring 8 goals.
Thorunn Jonsdottir wins the Brazil cup for the second time
Icelandic football player, Thorunn Jonsdottir, has been playing with Santos FC, Brazil, for a couple of years. Last night her team won the Brazilian Cup, the second consequtive year, by beating Botucatu in the finals, 3-0. Marta scored two of the goals and Cristiane the third one.
Eyjolfur Sverrisson stays with the U21 team
Eyjólfur Sverrisson will keep training the U21 national football team. Sverrison's contract was supposed to expire at the end of this year but The Football Association of Iceland has extended his contract until past the preliminary round for the 2015 UEFA U-21 Championship.
Villas-Boas refuses to sell Gylfi Sigurdsson
Andre Villas-Boas, the Tottenham Hotspur manager rejected bids from Reading for the Icelandic midfielder because he believes 23 year old Gylfi Sigurdsson has more to offer the club.
Iceland lost 0-2 against Russia
Iceland lost 0-2 against the strong Russian team in a friendly football game in Marbella, Spain, this evening. Russia was better throughout the game and scored their first goal after 43 minutes. It was Roman Shirokov who scored, but the substitute player Oleg Shatov guaranteed a pleasant victory by scoring their second goal halfway through the second half.
Football Team Cleans Snow off Field so they can train
Football players from Völsungur Húsavík plan to start playing and training outdoors soon. But even though spring is coming in Reykjavík, many towns in the north of Iceland are still half covered with snow. Like Húsavík, where Völsungur football team is located.
Gylfi Sigurdsson does well with Tottenham against Inter - VIDEO
Tottenham Hotspur produced an excellent performance to beat Inter Milan 3-0 and take a giant stride towards reaching the Europa League quarter-finals. Gareth Bale scored his tenth goal in his last eight games for Spurs to set the tone for a famous night at White Hart Lane, and Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson added a second inside the opening 20 minutes.
Iceland still ranks 15th in the World
The Iceland Women's National Football team still ranks 15th on the new FIFA Women's World Rankings list that was published today.
Iceland 2 - 1 Slovenia - Gylfi Sigurdsson with 2 goals VIDEO
World Cup qualifying match between Iceland and Slovenia took place a few hours ago. Iceland defeated Slovenia with 2 goals against 1. The game took place in Slovenia.
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Johann Berg Gudmundsson both suspended and will not play against Slovenia in Iceland
As we reported HERE, Gylfi Sigurðsson was Iceland's hero in the game against Slovenia yesterday as he scored the two goals that secured Iceland's victory. However Gylfi and Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson both got yellow cards in the game yesterday and will not be able to play the second games against Slovenia, in Iceland.
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