Dirty 'button' unearthed by metal detectorist turns out to be a rare 900-year-old coin from Norway's last Viking king, Magnus Barefoot - Live Science

A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others ‪who may have been victims of a Viking raid.

'I said before the start that I wanted to risk it and go for a big result and it was the podium I was thinking about' says Danish rider who paid his own way to world title race

Dane beats defending champion Florian Vermeersch, Connor Swift and teammate Mads Würtz Schmidt in four-up sprint to the line