https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Argentina and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi found himself in the arms of a Swedish man with a history of criminal activity who stormed the pitch when Argentina met Sweden in Stockholm on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20130207/46056 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:33:00 +0100 46056 Argentina defeated Sweden 3-2 in an international friendly on Wednesday on a night when superstar strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi were both off target. https://www.thelocal.se/20130207/46046 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:24:00 +0100 46046 Sweden's women's national football team suffered a crushing defeat during a friendly in Stockholm on Tuesday, with the country's top female players finding themselves shutout by an undermanned local boys team. https://www.thelocal.se/20130116/45646 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:38:00 +0100 45646 Nine in ten Swedish parents think that pushy “soccer parents” should be barred from their kids’ sporting events if they can’t behave themselves, according to a new study published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110715/34956 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:01:00 +0200 34956 Swedish football player Sebastian Larsson linked up with manager Steve Bruce for the second time in his career after joining English Premier League side Sunderland on a free transfer on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110701/34684 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:15:00 +0200 34684 A thigh injury has forced Hanna Ljungberg, one of the key players on Sweden’s Beijing-bound women’s football team, to sit out the Olympic Games. https://www.thelocal.se/20080804/13482 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:37:00 +0200 13482 Sweden's hopes of footballing victory at Euro 2008 have been dealt a blow with the news that coach Lars Lagerbäck may be forced to include a female player in his squad. https://www.thelocal.se/20080401/10824 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:44:00 +0200 10824