Fighter jets escort Norway team home after WC exit, over 90,000 pack Oslo to welcome players

More than 90,000 fans packed central Oslo to welcome Norway’s football team home after their historic FIFA World Cup campaign ended with a 1-2 extra-time quarter-final defeat to England. The squad received a fighter-jet escort and water-cannon salute before meeting King Harald at the Royal Palace. Crown Prince Haakon later led supporters in a mass ‘Viking Row’ during the celebrations.