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- ↑ "Snow til Njarðvíkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 March 2005. p. C8. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Nýju Njarðvíkurkanarnir til í slaginn". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 10 March 2005. p. 22. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Intersport-deild úrslitak - UMFN". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association . Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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