Erling Braut Haaland, Magnus Carlsen, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. You can watch this on TV. Christmas and New Year offer many exciting sports.
Monday 26 December:
The NRK channel broadcasts chess from 10 o’clock. Magnus Carlsen is in action. It’s the World Speed Chess Championship in Almaty.
He wants to reclaim the titles in rapid chess and blitz chess. Starting Thursday 29 December there are two blitz days.
Then there will be football. Brentford meet Tottenham (TV3+) at 13.30.
Then these matches will be played:
Crystal Palace – Fulham, Everton – Wolverhampton, Leicester – Newcastle, Southampton – Brighton.
Aston Villa – Liverpool will be played at 18.30. Arsenal – West Ham takes place at 9:00pm and can be watched on Viaplay.
There is also a world championship (WC) in darts. It happened in London in England. WC throughout Christmas and New Years. The channel is Viaplay.
Tuesday 27 December:
Chess continues. But it will also be alpine. Ragnhild Mowinckel will compete in the giant slalom. TV channel 2 broadcasts Alpine. Likewise Eurosport Norge and SVT2.
Football also continues, with Premier League clashes: Chelsea meet Bournemouth at 18.30. Manchester United v Nottingham kicks off at 21:00 (both on Viaplay).
Do you like ice hockey? Minnesota Wild and Norwegian Mats Zuccarello play away. They face the Winnipeg Jets at midnight – on Viaplay.
Wednesday 28 December:
Who is the best in the world at speed chess? This will be decided from 10.00.
Then there will be another giant slalom race. Then decline. Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is one of the favourites.
The ladies begin their leap week. First race in Villach at 14.15. Men must qualify. Started at 16.30.
There will be more ice hockey. This time in Norway. Vålerenga plays Frisk Asker at 19.30 (TV 2).
Football over night. Erling star Braut Haaland and Manchester City meet Leeds.
Thursday 29 December:
WC in blitz chess starts at 10.00 in NRK.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will act in super-G. It lasts from 11.30 am.
The women have their second showjumping event at 1:30 p.m.
Slalom is on the program in Austria, starting at 3pm. TV 2 and TV 2 Sport broadcast it.
The jump for men begins. It happened with the Schattenbergbakken run in Oberstdorf. 4:30 p.m. on TV 3.
Norway plays the United Cup team competition in tennis. It happened in Australia. Casper Ruud was there.
More ice hockey. The Minnesota Wild with Mats Zuccarello playing at home against the Dallas Stars. 02.00 (Viaplay)
Friday 30 December:
The WC blitz chess is decided. Starts at 10.00 on NRK.
In the evening there will be more ice hockey. Stavanger meets Sparta at 17:00. Stjernen – Vålerenga takes place at 18.30 (both on TV 2 Play). Lillehammer – Storhamar at 19.30 will be shown on TV 2 Sport.
The Premier League match completed the evening. West Ham – Brentford at 20.45. Liverpool – Leicester at 21:00. Both are on Viaplay.
Saturday 31 December:
Now it’s time to go cross-country skiing and Tour de Ski. In the sprint, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo will fight for victory. It happened in Switzerland (Viaplay).
Then there is the qualification for the New Year’s show jumping competition. And the third race in the women’s jumping week event. Silje Opseth and Anna Odine Strøm could battle it out at the top.
Football continues. Wolverhampton – Manchester United takes place at 13:30. From 16.00 Bournemouth play Crystal Palace. And Fulham against Southampton. Manchester C. meets Everton. Newcastle play against Leeds. Brighton – Arsenal takes place at 18.30. Viaplay delivers them all.
Minnesota Wild with Mats Zuccarello playing away. It was against St. Louis Blues at midnight (Sunday on Viaplay).
Sunday January 1:
The year starts with cross-country skiing. From the 2nd stage of the Tour de Ski. There is a 10 kilometer classic for women and men. It happens from 12.00 on TV3 and Viaplay
It’s New Year’s ski jumping time in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This year’s race was number 71.
There will be more football from the Premier League. Tottenham – Aston Villa at 15:00 (Viaplay) and Nottingham Forest – Chelsea at 17:30 (TV3+).
Silje Opseth & co. will take their decision in the women’s show jumping week. It happened in Slovenia at 16.30 (TV 3 and Viaplay).
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