When Kosovare Asllani appeared during Sweden’s playoff preparations, many hoped she might return in time for this summer’s World Cup. She gave no clear indication of when she could return from her knee injury.
SportsGood news for the Swedish women's national football team. Kosovare Asllani, 37, was at Bosön and did some light training. “It was great to see her,” says Filippa Angeldahl.
FootballJulia Zigiotti Olme goes into the World Cup playoff matches against Lithuania as one of Sweden's most important players. But the midfielder will be without one of her closest friends, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, who has a cruciate ligament injury. “It's a part of yourself that disappears,” she says.
SportsTwo crucial European Championship qualifying matches await Sweden's women's national team. However, the majority of the players are not in match form. It feels like you've created something that isn't particularly good, says national team coach Peter Gerhardsson.
SportsDavid Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig are set to face some of their toughest World Championship competitors on home soil ahead of the games in Paris. Both the world number twos from Brazil and the world number threes from Germany are coming to Sweden this summer to spar with the Swedish beach volleyball duo.
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