Next year, 36 countries will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU announces. Canada is taking part for the first time, but several countries are boycotting the competition.
MusicThe Netherlands changes its mind - it will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest after all because of Israel's participation.
MusicChina, the Netherlands and Switzerland are the teams Sweden’s women’s national team will face in the group stage of next year’s Volleyball World Championship in the USA and Canada.
SportsAnton Källberg beats Norway’s Borgar Haug 4–2 in the quarterfinals of the European Table Tennis Championships. “I’m very happy and content now,” Källberg tells SVT after the match in Slovenia.
SportsThe European Table Tennis Federation welcomes Russian players back. But at the European Championships in Slovenia, they are competing under restrictions - and some have not been allowed into the country.
SportsSwedish world No. 4 Truls Möregårdh was sensationally knocked out in the round of 16 in the men's singles at the European Table Tennis Championships, losing 2-4 in sets to Norway's Borgar Haug, ranked 213th. “He was just better at table tennis than I was today,” Möregårdh tells SVT.
SportsTable tennis stars Kristian Karlsson and Anton Källberg will play for a place in the doubles final at the European Championships, unless Karlsson’s injury forces him to withdraw. “If I’m in this much pain, I don’t think it’s worth playing,” the veteran tells SVT.
SportsEarlier in the day, Stina Källberg secured a medal in mixed doubles. Later that evening, she went straight into the singles tournament. “It feels tough,” she told SVT after her loss at the European Table Tennis Championships.
SportsTruls Möregårdh and Elias Ranefur have yet to drop a set in the men's doubles tournament at the European Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia. After a clear win over a Romanian pair, they are through to the round of 16.
SportsDespite attempts at compromise, the parties remain deeply divided over the EU’s major budget dispute. Sweden is demanding cuts of another “several hundred” billion euros.
BusinessThe decisive group match had everything. After a tense contest, Filippa Bergand has qualified for the main tournament at the European Table Tennis Championships. “It’s just a relief,” Bergand told SVT, tears in her eyes, after beating Hungary’s Nora Dohoczki.
SportsTruls Möregårdh and Elias Ranefur advanced after their opening match in the men’s doubles at the European Championships in Slovenia. They beat Britain’s Liam Pitchford and Samuel Walker in three straight sets.
SportsTruls Möregårdh has been eliminated from the WTT China Smash. The Swedish table tennis star lost his quarter-final match in straight sets to Taiwan’s Lin Yun-Ju.
SportsTruls Möregårdh has reached the quarterfinals of the WTT China Smash. The Swedish table tennis star beat home player Wen Ruibo 3–2 in a five-set thriller (7–11, 11–6, 11–9, 8–11, 11–5).
SportsTruls Möregårdh showed that his form is improving ahead of the European Championships in Slovenia. The Swedish table tennis star advanced to the round of 16 at the WTT China Smash without any problems.
SportsIt would be harder for everyone to veto decisions, and new members would have less power. That is how the European Commission wants to make it easier to expand the union. But the proposal is already facing significant resistance.
WorldThe nightmare is over. Sweden’s men’s national team can once again keep a clean sheet. “You’ve been nagging about that clean sheet, so it’s great that we got it,” says left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson.
SportsIt has been 476 days since the men's national team last kept a clean sheet. The streak is now up to 15 matches, with an average of 2.2 goals conceded per match. We obviously don't want to concede goals, says team captain Victor Nilsson Lindelöf.
SportsNational team player Patrik Wålemark gets emotional when he talks about his time at Dutch club Feyenoord. At the age of 20, he broke down mentally at the big club. I lost a bit of myself, says the 24-year-old.
SportsElvis Presley is the guiding star as eleven member states demand a pause in the flood of proposals from the European Commission.
WorldIreland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria, due to "the killing continuing in Gaza", the country's public service broadcaster RTÉ has announced.
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