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Norwegian skiers lead FIS prize earnings, Sevilla hires Garcia

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Norwegian skiers lead FIS prize earnings, Sevilla hires Garcia
Key Points
  • Lucas Pinheiro Braathen leads Norwegian winter sports stars in FIS prize money, with Marco Odermatt as the top alpine earner.
  • Other top Norwegian alpine skiers like Atle Lie McGrath, Timon Haugan, and Henrik Kristoffersen earned significant prize money.
  • Kajsa Vickhoff Lie is the highest-earning Norwegian female alpine skier, while Mikaela Shiffrin dominates globally.

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen earned the most prize money from FIS among Norwegian winter sports stars this season, according to multiple reports. 3 million Norwegian kroner. Other top Norwegian alpine skiers also secured significant earnings.

4 million Norwegian kroner, multiple reports indicate. Timon Haugan and Henrik Kristoffersen also earned over two million Norwegian kroner with good margins. 29 million Norwegian kroner, ranking 16th on the prize money list, according to reports.

86 million Norwegian kroner. 1 million, multiple reports confirm. 3 million.

9 million Norwegian kroner in total prize money this winter, according to reports. He ended the World Cup season with a victory in the 20-kilometer race in Lake Placid, earning 15,000 euros, approximately 150,000 Norwegian kroner, from FIS. Klæbo had already secured the overall World Cup title, with the prize money, about 600,000 Norwegian kroner, added to his FIS account after the weekend's races.

Turning to football, Luis Garcia, 53, has been hired to take Sevilla out of the relegation battle in La Liga, replacing Matias Almeyda and signing a contract until summer 2027, multiple reports state. Sevilla narrowly avoided relegation last year by finishing 17th and is now in crisis again, three points above the relegation line with nine rounds remaining. Ørjan Nyland was Sevilla's first-choice goalkeeper last season but fell out of the team after Matias Almeyda's arrival last summer, playing only the first four La Liga matches and two cup matches since, according to reports.

Nyland hopes to get a new chance as a La Liga goalkeeper under Luis Garcia.

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