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The sex scandal that rocked Norwegian football: How a team bonding night out ended on the front pages, with one player fired, three others ditched and furious fans protesting with silence

Norwegian football has been engulfed by a spectacular sex scandal that has dominated the front pages of the nation's newspapers for two months and horrified fans of one of the country's biggest clubs.

Twelve players from SK Brann, the team from the Scandinavian country's second city, Bergen, have been caught out after a team bonding session turned into a booze-fuelled party at the club's own stadium, leading to allegations of rape and assault in which a footballer was accused of biting a young woman.

England's Premier League has witnessed its fair share of bad behaviour among privileged players, including during the Covid lockdown when some footballers chose to break the rules and party on.