Sport

Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium – designed in the 1930s, and host of the 1952 summer games – has been given an impressive new makeover. The four-year renovation project cost €300 million and sees much of the original architecture retained, while modernising…

Helsinki’s iconic Olympic Stadium, a field of dreams for thousands of athletes over the decades, is open again for sporting glory. After four years of renovations, the results of a €300 million makeover showcase the original 1930’s architecture with a…

Finnish racer Valtteri Bottas has climbed back onto the podium after finishing third in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Bottas started the race in pole position but at the chequered flat he finished behind Dutch driver Max Verstappen driving for Red Bull,…

The new episode of our summer Podkäst is available now wherever you listen to your podcast content. On this week’s show Centre Party leader Katri Kulmuni talks about her summer ‘listening tour’ where she’s been meeting hundreds of voters across the country – she also talks…

Finnish Formula 1 racer Valtteri Bottas has clinched third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix which took place on Sunday. It completes a 1-2-3 podium Finnish for the driver in the first three races of the re-booted F1 season, which was suspended…

The Formula One season got into gear again on Sunday, with the first race of the re-arranged schedule taking place in Austria. Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas claimed the top podium spot, adding to his wins last season in USA, Australia, Azerbaijan…

Finland’s semi-professional floorball league is being rebranded and given a new identity as F-Liiga. The new brand incorporates 30 clubs with 16 women’s teams and 14 men’s teams, and almost 900 players. The makeover is part of a drive to improve…

Finland’s National League – Kansallinen Liiga – the top flight of women’s football, is the first major competition to announce a start date, after the beginning of the season was postponed due to the coronavirus crisis. Games for the ten…

Finland’s grass pitches stand idle. The basketball courts are empty. The ice rinks have melted. Pro sports is caught in the middle of unprecedented restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus, and when the state of emergency was declared in…

Footballers in Finland, left with no games or training due to the coronavirus restrictions, are finding new ways to tackle the impact of the epidemic. Players and staff at AC Oulu haven’t yet faced mandatory salary cuts, but as a…