Emil Forsberg has been there before and knows how great it is to reach the championship via the playoffs. He also knows what it takes. The most important thing is to build a team where everyone knows what to do.
SportsUS envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with representatives of the terrorist group Hamas on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post reports, citing the Saudi channel Asharq.
ConflictsRoony Bardghji has the picture clear for himself. He wants Denmark in the World Cup playoff. I think we have the best chance against them, he says after Sweden's weak qualifying game that ended with a 1-1 draw at home against Slovenia.
SportsItaly, Turkey, Denmark or Ukraine await in the playoff semi-finals in March. Interesting opponents. We know we have to do our best, says Graham Potter. He does not have any preferred opponents ahead of Thursday's draw.
SportsKieran Tierney made Hampden Park explode when he sent Scotland to the World Cup in extra time. For Sweden, this means that this spring's playoff could be a Nordic showdown – with Denmark on the other side.
SportsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on his way to Turkey to reportedly breathe life into the US-led peace talks with the aggressor Russia.
WorldUkraine is working to get a new prisoner exchange with Russia underway. According to an agreement between the countries, 1,200 Ukrainians could be released. “Many meetings, negotiations and talks are currently underway to ensure this,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyj writes on X.
ConflictsA hotel in Istanbul was evacuated on Saturday after three German tourists died as a result of suspected poisoning.
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