The women's national football team secured a big win, beating Lithuania 5–0 in the first playoff match in Kaunas. Now Sweden face the return leg in Solna, where they will look to finish the job before a decisive playoff in November or December against either Scotland or the Czech Republic.
FootballSweden have one foot in a crucial playoff, with a World Cup place at stake. Scotland will likely be their opponents.
SportsFelicia Schröder had not scored for Sweden’s national team. Until now. The Real Madrid star scored the first three goals as Sweden cruised to a 5–0 win away to Lithuania in a World Cup playoff. “It feels incredibly good,” Schröder told SVT.
SportsWomen's national football team captain Tony Gustavsson has named his lineup for tonight's World Cup playoff match away against Lithuania.
FootballSmilla Holmberg sprained her foot on Tuesday. But Sweden women’s national team coach Tony Gustavsson is hopeful that the Arsenal defender will be able to play in tonight’s World Cup playoff away to Lithuania.
SportsWhisky is aged for years to develop its flavor. Now, researchers want to find out whether the extreme conditions of space can speed up the process.
BusinessThe qualifiers were a fiasco. Now Sweden’s women’s soccer team must win a playoff to avoid missing the World Cup for the first time. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Friday’s match against Lithuania.
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.
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