As an SVT expert, Kajsa Bergqvist thought Abeba Aregawi would never compete for Sweden again. Nine years later, she has selected the former world star for the Finnkampen. They were a bit too categorical, one can say, says the national team captain about the statements.
SportsSuperstar Armand Duplantis gets company from a family member in the Finnkampen this weekend. Little sister Johanna Duplantis will represent Sweden in the pole vault competition at Stockholm Stadium.
SportsWhile the world looks the other way, the civilian population in the civil war-torn Sudan is exposed to war crime after war crime. The oasis town of al-Fashir is the last town in the war-torn region of Darfur that has not yet fallen to the rebel group RSF. But the paramilitary force that surrounds the stronghold of resistance refuses to let in relief supplies – and kills those who try to escape.
WorldPreviously doping-banned Abeba Aregawi makes a comeback in the athletics national team – after several years of absence and the deleted Swedish record on a half marathon this spring. ”She has followed the routines for residence reporting”, says national team captain Kajsa Bergqvist.
SportsAccording to the UN, at least 68 migrants from Africa have died and 74 are still missing after a shipwreck in the sea off the southern province of Abyan in Yemen. The death toll is expected to rise sharply.
WorldThe musician and Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof is furious about Israel's actions in Gaza after a spokesperson for the Israeli government said that there is "no starvation caused by Israel" and that Hamas "starves its own people".
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