Tag: namesake
Verneri Poikonen, who finished his racing career, waited for his namesake to serve him: “It’s a bit like cutting off your own limb” | Sport
National team skier Verneri Poikonen competed today for the last time in the Rovaniemi 50 km ski championship. Urheilu’s expert Kalle Lassila considers the decision understandable. Aino Paloniemi, Laura Arffman…
Andrei Makaroff, 20, from Helsinki, has a namesake in the Russian Duma, and because of that he has gotten into trouble – this is how Makaroff explains it
Watch journalist Sara Salme’s video to see how upset an ordinary Finn can be if the name happens to be the same as someone on the banned list. from Helsinki…
Sebastian Aho pulls off his second hat trick of the season – see how the Finnish striker humiliated his Swedish namesake
Carolina’s Finnish forward Sebastian Aho was on the attack in the NHL round the night before Sunday. Aho scored three goals in the New York Islanders’ net in the Hurricanes’…
In the Sámi name tradition, a boy child can become his father’s namesake, but Ánde Matheo Sara took his son’s name
Ánde Matheo Sara from Alattio considers the Sámi name tradition really important, because according to it there is a clear explanation for the choice of a certain name. Ánde Matheo,…