Sportacus even managed to persuade Iceland's cinemas to sell snack packets of baby carrots to children instead of the usual ice-cream and popcorn.

As Sportacus, the back-flipping, somersaulting, mustache-twirling, healthy-eating savior of Lazytown — the imaginary setting for the eponymous children’s series — Scheving has mounted a one ...

Some of them post admiring comments about Sportacus on their blogs, mothers discuss his hot physique in chatrooms and there’s a lively sub-group of enthusiasts writing “fan” fiction online ...

Sporting a dodgy moustache, blue jumpsuit and goggles, the man known to millions of kids as superhero Sportacus is putting me through his painful paces.

Fitness influencers are taking on the Sportacus push-up challenge on social media and even some athletes are being defeated by the vigorous routine that aired on Cbeebies' Lazy Town ...

advertisement 01-01-2006 PREMIUM Next Week: Sportacus Takes on Krispy Kreme Man Combine Teletubbies with Thighmasters and you get LazyTown, the popular TV show that gets kids up off the couch.

Sportacus, Stephanie and Swashbuckling fun! The hugely successful phenomenon LazyTown Live! is back on tour with a brand new stage show and visits the New Theatre, Cardiff from Wednesday 13 May.

Trained as a stage actor and puppeteer, Stefansson was best known for "LazyTown," where his junk food-munching villain was pitted against child heroine Stephanie and fitness-loving hero Sportacus.

Sportacus took the stage dynamically doing handstands and back flips to show his strength and ability. In the 30-minute show, Sportacus had several teachers come up one by one to draw a challenge ...