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            <title><![CDATA[Nordic football federations demand independent review of FIFA governance as confidence in Infantino fades]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Nordic football associations are demanding a "comprehensive and independent review" of how FIFA is governed. Confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been lost. Work is currently underway to find a counter-candidate, says SvFF Chairman Simon Åström.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:03:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden withdraws support for Infantino, citing loss of trust]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA President Gianni Infantino's controversial World Cup plan was the last straw. The Swedish Football Association does not support Infantino for re-election - trust has been exhausted. A different leadership is needed, says Federation President Simon Åström.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:57:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish FA backs UEFA after FIFA tournament boycott statement]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Football Association has issued a statement following UEFA's announcement to boycott FIFA tournaments. "We stand behind UEFA's common stance. This is ultimately about the governance of international football and how decisions are made," writes SvFF chairman Simon Åström in a press release.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:10:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish FA questions FIFA’s plan to sell World Cup commercial rights]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA wants to sell shares in the World Cup - and is luring the national associations with hundreds of millions of kronor. There are issues that are fundamentally more important for football than whether we should receive the money or not, says the chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Simon Åström, to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norway’s football chief criticizes FIFA over Balogun ban reversal: Should never have happened]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Norwegian Football Association (NFF) president Lise Klaveness is preparing a complaint to FIFA's ethics committee over the lifting of Folarin Balogun's World Cup ban. "First of all, it should never have happened," Klaveness told The Times.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:02:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish FA criticizes FIFA over Balogun suspension ruling as integrity concerns grow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) is also critical of FIFA's decision to lift the suspension of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun. It is about the integrity of the sport, SvFF chairman Simon Åström tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Källström's new role – working closer to the national teams]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Football manager Kim Källström will be given a new role when the Swedish Football Association reorganizes. Källström's job will be more focused on the national teams. We are dividing the operations into two, says association chairman Simon Åström to TV4 Football Channel.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:35:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The plan: New football center: "Will be the hub"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden could get a National Football Center in Kista north of Stockholm. It will become the hub for Swedish football. It is a milestone that we have come this far, says Kim Källström, head of football at the Swedish Football Association.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Considers Interim Coach After Tomasson's Dismissal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The hunt for a replacement for the dismissed Jon Dahl Tomasson is underway. At the same time, it is not ruled out that the football national team will be led by an interim national team manager when the World Championship qualification is completed in November. If you ask me today, we probably need to have both of those options open, says association chairman Simon Åström.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
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