Amanda Ilestedt scored her fourth goal of the tournament and Filippa Angeldal netted a penalty as Sweden hung on to beat Japan 2-1 on Friday and set up a Women’s World Cup semi-final with Spain.

Three people were taken to hospital after a train derailed in eastern Sweden when a railway embankment collapsed following heavy rains, police said, as weather agencies warned of more flooding.

Iraq on Thursday warned it would sever diplomatic ties with Sweden if a Quran is burned again.

Iraq on Thursday expelled Sweden’s ambassador after a man stomped on a copy of the Koran at a Stockholm demonstration just hours after the Swedish embassy in Baghdad was torched over the planned protest.

Sweden’s government on Monday announced it was pledging six billion kronor ($586 million) in aid to rebuild Ukraine and facilitate reforms to pave the way for EU membership.

Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine have taken Iran to the International Court of Justice to seek damages for families of passengers on a jetliner downed by Tehran in 2020, the tribunal said Wednesday.

Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Quran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world.

Several Muslim-majority countries have condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden at a protest.

Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani has warned that the sex competition recently announced in Sweden should not be brought to Nigeria.

A report making rounds claimed that Sweden has officially declared sex as a sport. The report stated that the country has become the first nation to register sex as a sport and that it will also hold the first-ever European Sex Championship in Gothenburg on June 8. 

The Swedish Football Federation (SvFF) reiterated on Monday it would not play against Russia in a possible World Cup play-off. The federation added that it was “disappointed” by measures from the ruling body FIFA against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Switzerland, Denmark and Norway meanwhile became the latest federations to say they would also […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a winning return to international football with Sweden on Thursday after nearly five years away as Germany came out for human rights in their opening qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Ibrahimovic set up Viktor Claesson’s 35th-minute winner in the 1-0 win over Georgia at the Friends Arena just outside […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to Sweden’s squad after an almost five-year hiatus to play in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March, head coach Janne Andersson said on Tuesday. The player, known for his not-so-humble ways, also announced his return himself by posting a picture of himself on Instagram in the Swedish team kit […]

Swedish health authorities said Tuesday they had suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, following the example of many other EU countries after reports of possible serious side effects. The Public Health Agency (FHM) said it was halting the use of the vaccine “as a precautionary measure” following reports of “suspected side effects”. Sweden’s state […]

The Government of Sweden has approved financing support to the Karu Waste Management Project in Nasarawa State. The proposed project aims to reduce the amount of waste for land filling and dumping within Karu by recovering and converting them to recyclable materials for useful products.