The Sarpsborg 08 Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Mamour N'Diaye
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Viking punish Sarpsborg 08 for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Daniel Karlsbakk will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Sarpsborg 08 escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Daniel Karlsbakk's — 8.53
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.53, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Michael Opoku at 21 — 8.13
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Michael Opoku did not need any: 8.13, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Daniel Karlsbakk again
The phone has started ringing about Daniel Karlsbakk again, and this time the name on the line is OB. Sarpsborg 08 are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ole-Monrad Alme due for a Sarpsborg 08 medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mamour N'Diaye signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mamour N'Diaye and Sarpsborg 08 agree another 5 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aimar Sher in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sarpsborg 08 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Daniel Karlsbakk
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Match Sarpsborg 08 and Viking take a point apiece
- Market Sarpsborg 08 and Eirik Wichne are talking past each other
- Squad A row about effort at Sarpsborg 08