As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a ...

‘När Europeisk fotboll går mot ruinen brant, lever vi kvar i en tillvaro med Guldkant’ The message stretched across two vast banners, spanning the expanse of the Northern Stand of the Eleda Stadium.

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden (AP) — Lauren Bellefontaine came off the ice after a game in Sweden’s top women’s hockey league and detailed the toll her body had just taken. “I got a stick to the collarbone ...

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden — Lauren Bellefontaine came off the ice after a game in Sweden’s top women’s hockey league and detailed the toll her body had just taken. “I got a stick to the collarbone tonight ...

Graham Potter returned to Swedish soccer Monday as coach of its underperforming national team on a short-term mission: To qualify for the World Cup. After a turbulent six years working in the Premier ...

When Sweden takes the field against Tunisia in the 2026 World Cup, it will be back on the game's biggest stage for the first time in eight years.

Sweden's World Cup came to an abrupt ​and inevitable end at the hands of Kylian Mbappe and a French side who are among the ...

Sweden’s World Cup training session came with an unexpected demolition-site backdrop. Graham Potter’s team trained in Frisco, ...

FANS were left doing a double take after spotting former Premier League midfielder Sebastian Larsson in an unexpected role, ...