Smilla Holmberg is injured and missed the national team’s training session on Wednesday. It is still unclear whether she will be fit for Sweden’s women’s football match against Lithuania on Friday, the national team announced.
FootballHow long will the halftime break be in the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina? Many signs indicate it will be longer than the traditional 15 minutes. I think it can benefit a team like Argentina, says the women's national team's assistant coach and performance manager Niklas Egnell to TT.
SportsHäcken star Felicia Schröder was substituted at half-time after suffering a knock in the club's women's match against Kristianstad. Now Eintracht Frankfurt's Rebecka Blomqvist has been called up to Sweden's national team for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Denmark and Italy.
FootballAfter training, the players sit in a heat chamber, take a sauna or pedal on an exercise bike. All to get their bodies used to the heat awaiting them during the World Cup. We work with what is called passive acclimatization, says national team doctor Jonas Werner.
SportsSuspended and sent to the stands, Tony Gustavsson was still able, somewhat unexpectedly, to control his national football team from afar.
FootballA star striker who has gone home. A defensive crisis. A national captain who has been relegated to the stands. Conditions could be better when Sweden begins the World Cup qualifiers in Reggio Calabria. It gets even more nerve-wracking when you can't be close and have an impact, says national team coach Tony Gustavsson.
FootballMarika Domanski Lyfors, who was affected by cancer last year, leaves the job as national team manager after 17 years. She will remain in the women's national team as a senior advisor. We have been very keen on the fact that we want to keep her in our organization, says the association's football manager Kim Källström.
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