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 countr...

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Norway just threw the greatest celebration ever for a team eliminated in the World Cup quarterfinals

Norway became a World Cup darling, and the massive Oslo parade after their quarterfinal exit proved just how much the historic run meant.

Yes, Erling Haaland brought home a taxidermy raccoon from his World Cup travels

Norway's star striker was photographed stepping off the team plane in Oslo Monday carrying a Dolce & Gabbana tote in one hand and a taxidermy raccoon in the other.

Erling Haaland brings $750 stuffed raccoon back to Norway after World Cup exit

Erling Haaland might not have brought home the World Cup trophy to Norway, but he did return with a US memento – a taxidermied $750 (£560) raccoon holding a whisky bottle.

By Holly Patrick

Norway's Erling Haaland brought a $750 taxidermy raccoon home from the World Cup

Haaland's gift to himself after the World Cup was a taxidermied raccoon. Jan Langhaug / NTB / AFP via Getty Images Norway striker Erling Haaland took home a tipsy raccoon as a keepsake of his time in the US. He left the plane at Oslo with the taxidermied raccoon in one hand and a Dolce & Gabbana bag in the other. Haaland's fashion sense and meme-worthy presence have made him one of the World Cup's most viral players. The FIFA World Cup's most viral football player left the US with a rather ...

How Erling Haaland got a taxidermied raccoon as his World Cup souvenir

Erling Haaland enjoyed his time in the U.S. and brought back just the souvenir to prove it.