JOHN ANDREWS has played his part in Iceland’s football success story. The Cork man first landed in the North Atlantic in 2008 ...

KARI ARNASON remembers that Heimir Hallgrimsson’s first rule with Iceland was the team had to stop toasting failure so the ...

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 MANCHESTER, England (AP) When Lars Lagerback ...

Iceland will face Montenegro at the Laugardalsvöllur on Friday in the opening game of their 2024-25 UEFA Nations League campaign. The home side failed to impress in the last edition of the Nations ...

To most of the world, the country of Iceland is little more than an exotic curiosity. "It's that island in the middle of nowhere in the freezing North Atlantic with a bunch of volcanoes and viking ...

Fans of footballing underdogs, rejoice! Iceland are through into the UEFA World Cup Qualification Playoffs, after drawing 1-1 with Norway to confirm their second-place finish in Group E. Lars ...

Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, June 27. Halldorsson is a former film director. Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson at the Allianz Riviera stadium in ...

Among the dedicated fans who will be filling Reykjavík’s squares, parks, and pubs to cheer on Iceland during its first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance is a surprising group: native Poles for whom ...

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 ...