Sport notes | Olsen ponders future

Olsen ponders future

National football coach Morten Olsen has stoked further speculation about whether he will step down before his contract ends in September 2014 – if he steps down at all. Calls for his dismissal followed Denmark’s World Cup qualifier 0-4 loss to Armenia, and on Tuesday Olsen said he was due to meet with the head of the Danish FA in November to discuss the future of the team. 

Stop looking, journos!

Thank the lord for Twitter during the silly season. Retired American tennis star Andy Roddick has stayed within the 140 characters to oblige us with our Caroline Wozniacki story of the week, saying he is sick of “people bagging” her and her golfer boyfriend Rory McIlroy. “They’re both very bright and nice people,” he said. “Let them live and stop looking for stories.”

Swedish surprise

Denmark’s national rugby league side have lost their first ever game against Sweden, losing 12-38 in Lund to a side that they beat 122-4 last year. The result sees the revitalised Swedes, who had already beaten Norway and led 24-0 at half-time, lift the Nordic Cup for the first time. Denmark meanwhile will face Norway on August 17 in Copenhagen in a bid to avoid the wooden spoon.

Just two for Moscow

A delegation of just two is all Denmark is sending to the 2013 World Athletics Championships, which begin on Saturday in Moscow. Nick Ekelund-Arenander, a 400-metre runner, joins pole vaulter Rasmus Wejnold-Jørgensen to compete at Luzhniki Stadium, but there is no place for Andreas Bube, the 800m runner who took silver in last year’s Euros. Neither are expected to medal.  

Eleven seconds Bak

Denmark’s Lars Bak finished in second place in the 2013 Tour of Denmark, finishing just seconds behind winner Wilco Kelderman of the Netherlands. The 33-year-old, who races for Lotto-Belisol, completed the six-stage, 837-km course eleven seconds behind Kelderman’s time of 19:42.37,  while another Danish rider, Matti Breschel, who won two stages, came third. 

Shuttlers shock top seeds

Mixed doubles pair Mads Pieler Kolding and Kamilla Rytter Juhl took the first set against the Chinese world number ones at the Badminton World Championships in China on Tuesday, but were unable to hang on. They are part of a strong Danish team bidding for their first medal since 2009. Olympic silver medallists Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen are expected to challenge in the men’s doubles.




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