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Olympic Champion Sarah Sjöström First Out on Masked Singer Sweden

Despite a skilled and "infectious" rap, it was Bacillen who was the first to have to leave "Masked Singer". Behind the mask hid one of Sweden's foremost sports stars.

Olympic Champion Sarah Sjöström First Out on Masked Singer Sweden

Duplantis Steers Clear of Chinese Sponsors Amid Criticism Storm

Armand Duplantis declines collaborations with Chinese sponsors. The pole vault star's agency has learned from the criticism storm against Sarah Sjöström's Huawei collaboration.

Duplantis Steers Clear of Chinese Sponsors Amid Criticism Storm

Mondo Duplantis Eyes Top Athlete Title After Record-Breaking Feats

Armand "Mondo" Duplantis can be named the world's top male athlete. He is one of five nominees in the category in the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.

Mondo Duplantis Eyes Top Athlete Title After Record-Breaking Feats

Swimming star Sarah Sjöström Pregnant: "Life's Greatest Adventure"

Swimming star Sarah Sjöström, 31, is pregnant and expecting her first child with her husband Johan de Jong Skierus. "Life's greatest adventure is about to begin", she writes in a post on Instagram.

Swimming star Sarah Sjöström Pregnant: "Life's Greatest Adventure"

The People's Favorite

He didn't take gold or set a world record. But Truls Möregårdh won the Swedish people's love.

The People's Favorite

After the success year – Duplantis doubly awarded

Armand Duplantis was awarded twice at the Sports Gala. The pole vault star took home both the Male Athlete of the Year and the Performance of the Year, after having had a fantastic 2024 behind him.

After the success year – Duplantis doubly awarded

Guide: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of the Sports Gala

Royal starlight, expected prize rain over Armand Duplantis and a new "Svennis" tribute. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Sports Gala.

Guide: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of the Sports Gala

Sjöström crushed the opposition – sixth prize

Double World Championship gold and double Olympic Games gold. When the associations and the people were to elect the year's female swimmer in Europe, superstar Sarah Sjöström took home a superior victory.

Sjöström crushed the opposition – sixth prize

The Swede's Olympic medal is tarnishing: "A bit annoying"

The moment when he and Lovisa Karlsson took the OS bronze last summer is still fresh in memory. But when Anton Dahlberg shows his medal, it looks like something he's picked up at a flea market.

The Swede's Olympic medal is tarnishing: "A bit annoying"

Sarah Sjöström: Not Competing in 2025

Sarah Sjöström does not think of quitting, but instead sets her sights on the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in four years. However, she does not intend to compete at all in 2025.

Sarah Sjöström: Not Competing in 2025

The Sports Year 2025 – Here are the Swedish Stars

2025 is a packed sports year with many major championships. Here we have selected 13 Swedish stars who will be in focus.

The Sports Year 2025 – Here are the Swedish Stars

They Compete for the Jerring Prize – Five Eliminated

Some Olympic Games heroes, a volleyball star and the world's best curling team have done their part in the battle for the Jerring Award. Here are the remaining candidates.

They Compete for the Jerring Prize – Five Eliminated

Special match for Möregårdh: "My best friend"

It was a special match for table tennis star Truls Möregårdh on Tuesday evening. He defeated his close friend David Andersson – who has returned after several years of cancer treatment.

Special match for Möregårdh: "My best friend"

Saw himself taking silver - from the stands

The German star Florian Wellbrock sat in the stands and watched himself take silver in the 1,500 meters freestyle at the World Championship. It feels so crazy, he says in the stadium interview.

Saw himself taking silver - from the stands

Alshammar's 15-year-old world record broken

It's going historically fast already during the first attempt in the short course World Championship in Budapest. Gretchen Walsh crushed the 15-year-old world record on 50 meters butterfly with 36 hundredths.

Alshammar's 15-year-old world record broken

The Talent Makes World Championship Debut: "One of the World's Best"

She is the super talent who has already taken two European Championship medals. Now, the breaststroke swimmer Olivia Klint Ipsa, 19 years old, makes her World Championship debut.

The Talent Makes World Championship Debut: "One of the World's Best"

The Gold Medalist Misses the World Championship

Star swimmer Erik Persson, 31, will miss the short course World Championship in Budapest next week. The summer's European Championship gold medalist has been struggling with a lingering infection.

The Gold Medalist Misses the World Championship

Armand Duplantis champion again: "Pretty sick"

Armand Duplantis brought home the Bragdguldet for the second time. Now he is one of five who have won the award twice.

Armand Duplantis champion again: "Pretty sick"

Sjöström: "I'm racing when I get the feeling"

Double Olympic gold and marriage. Sarah Sjöström is enjoying everything that has happened over the past few months and is keeping a low profile with planning ahead: It's nice not to plan too much right now, I'll go with the flow when I get the feeling.

Sjöström: "I'm racing when I get the feeling"

Who can challenge Duplantis for the Bragdguldet?

Today at 13. 00, one of Sweden's athletes will be awarded the coveted Bragdguldet.

Who can challenge Duplantis for the Bragdguldet?

After 14 Olympic Games medals – now McKeon, Sjöström's rival, is retiring

Australia's top Olympic Games medalist, swimmer Emma McKeon, is retiring. The 30-year-old has six gold, three silver, and five bronze medals from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and Paris.

After 14 Olympic Games medals – now McKeon, Sjöström's rival, is retiring

Sjöström's Criticism: "Would Have Been a Worthy Winner"

Sarah Sjöström's successful coach Antonio Lutula was denied a nomination at the Sports Gala. Something that this summer's double Olympic Games gold medalist is critical of.

Sjöström's Criticism: "Would Have Been a Worthy Winner"

These are the candidates for the Jerring Award

Eight of the Jerring Award candidates won Olympic Games medals in Paris. Can Ludvig Åberg, Isabelle Haak, Tove Alexandersson, the biathlon men and Team Niklas Edin challenge them in the voting?.

These are the candidates for the Jerring Award

Ludvig Åberg can be awarded for Masters performance

Olympic Games medal winners or a golfer? Among the nominations for the year's athletic achievement, presented at the Sports Gala in January, it is of course Olympic Games heroes who dominate. These are complemented by golf star Ludvig Åberg, who surprisingly came second in the major US Masters in May.

Ludvig Åberg can be awarded for Masters performance