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Athletics champion Klüft ends career

Sport: 26 Aug 12
Former Olympic and world heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft brought her career to an end on Saturday, claiming her body can no longer take the strain. READ »

Klüft injury puts Olympic hopes in doubt

Sport: 22 Jul 12
Swedish long jumper Carolina Klüft has been left with a race to be fit for the London Olympics after pulling out of a meet in Finland on Sunday with a leg injury. READ »

Swedish medal hopes scarce at athletics worlds

Sport: 26 Aug 11
Chances look slim for Sweden’s 16 athletes at the IAAF World Championships 2011 which open in the South Korean city of Daegu this weekend. READ »

Klüft to retire following 2012 London Olympics

Sport: 19 May 11
Swedish heptathlon champion and long jumper Carolina Klüft, who won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, announced on Wednesday she would retire following the London Olympics in 2012. READ »

Klüft leaps into European Championships final

Sport: 28 Jul 10
Swedish Olympic champion Carolina Klüft squeaked into Wednesday's long jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona on Tuesday, jumping 6.62m for 12th for the last spot. READ »

Klüft to compete at Euros despite falling short

Sport: 16 Jul 10
Swedish athlete Carolina Klüft will compete at the European Championships after being given a wild card despite falling short of the minimum qualification distance for the long jump competition at a meet in Karlstad on Thursday. READ »

Klüft in battle for Euros qualification

Sport: 15 Jul 10
With just days remaining before deadline for qualification for the 2010 European Championships, Swedish athlete and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft is battling to achieve a long jump distance to ensure participation. READ »

Thigh injury to keep Klüft out for six months

Sport: 9 Jul 09
Sweden’s Carolina Klüft will miss the world athletics championships in August following a serious injury to her thigh muscle earlier this week. READ »

Injury could sideline Sweden's Klüft from worlds

Sport: 8 Jul 09
Swedish track and field star Carolina Klüft may not be able to compete in next month's world athletics championships in Berlin, her coach said on Tuesday. READ »

New study: 'Alcohol and team sports go hand in hand'

Society: 19 Oct 08
A Swedish researcher has warned that the incidence of alcohol abuse within team sports remains a serious problem. Managers are criticized for double standards and condoning the practice. READ »

Klüft: Blonska deserves life ban

Society: 22 Aug 08
Swedish athletics star Carolina Klüft said on Friday she was delighted to hear that Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska would face a life ban after failing a dope test. READ »

Klüft suffers early long jump exit

Sport: 22 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft has been eliminated from the women's long jump final in Beijing after failing to make the cut. READ »

Klüft prepares for long jump podium bid

Sport: 17 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft will bid to break a second consecutive Russian podium sweep in the women's Olympic long jump, the heats for which take place on Tuesday. READ »

The Local's guide to Sweden's Olympic favourites

Sport: 6 Aug 08
With the official opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games just days away, The Local offers readers a quick guide to some of Sweden’s medal hopefuls. READ »

New horizons for heptathlon queen Klüft

Lifestyle: 7 Jul 08
Swedish golden girl Carolina Klüft is determined to bag two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics after renouncing the defence of her heptathlon crown due to lack of motivation, writes AFP's Pauline Conradsson. READ »

Klüft: 'Ban dopers from Olympics for life'

Sport: 1 Jul 08
Swedish heptathlete Carolina Klüft said on Monday that drug cheats should not be allowed to compete in Olympic Games. READ »

'That's not me, a floozie with big boobs'

Sport: 20 May 08
Swedish athletics star Carolina Klüft has expressed her displeasure over a promotional image combining her likeness with a caricature of Pippi Longstocking. READ »

Klüft declines to defend heptathlon title

Sport: 19 Mar 08
Swedish champion Carolina Klüft will not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Games. READ »

Klüft pulls out of world indoors with thigh injury

Sport: 22 Feb 08
Carolina Klüft has pulled out of next month's world indoor championships because of injury. READ »

Klüft still pondering Olympic title defence

Sport: 18 Feb 08
Carolina Klüft has again hinted that she might abandon her attempt to defend her Olympic heptathlon title in August. READ »

Ibrahimovic scoops top sports awards

Sport: 15 Jan 08
Zlatan Ibrahimovic shares a joke with fiancée Helena Seger and show jumping star Malin Baryard at Monday night's Swedish Sports Awards. READ »

Klüft touts computer chip implants

Sport: 19 Dec 07
Carolina Klüft and Stefan Holm have proposed radical measures to keep athletes from taking performance-enhancing drugs. READ »

Sports Digest: Sweden closes in on Euro qualification

Sport: 10 Sep 07
Football: Sweden edges closer to Euro 2008. Athletics: Swedish women and Finnish men win the annual international battle. Tennis: Aspelin and Knowle take US Open doubles title. READ »

Sports digest: Swedish hopes dashed in Osaka

Sport: 3 Sep 07
Athletics: Swedes disappointed with failure to reach the podium. Football: Zlatan back in the groove. Tennis: Johansson and Björkman bow out of US Open. READ »

Queen Carolina vows to continue

Sport: 27 Aug 07
Rejoicing in an unprecedented third world heptathlon crown and a long-awaited new personal record, Carolina Klüft says she is not yet ready to abdicate as queen of athletes. "How long I'll do this I have no idea," she says. READ »

Sports digest: Swedes excel in Osaka

Sport: 27 Aug 07
Athletics: Kallur, Mohamed, Holm and Thörnblad keep Swedish flag flying at World Championships. Football: Fabregas strike stops Sven in his tracks. READ »

Golden girl Klüft claims European record

Sport: 26 Aug 07
Sweden's Carolina Klüft successfully defended her heptathlon world title on Sunday, ending with 7,032 points and setting a new European record in the process. READ »

Klüft jumps high in heptathlon

Sport: 25 Aug 07
Sweden's heptathlon golden girl Carolina Klüft took a solid early lead in her quest for a record third straight title at the World Athletics Championships in Japan on Saturday. READ »

Klüft looking for perfect end to her reign

Sport: 22 Aug 07
Sweden's Olympic and world heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft will be hoping the 2007 world championships are to be the beginning of a perfect end to her reign. Klüft plans to quit the seven-sport spectacle after the Beijing Olympics in 2008. READ »

Sports digest: Eriksson delights in derby victory

Sport: 20 Aug 07
Football: Eriksson's flying start continues at Man City. Golf: Finn wins Scandinavian Masters. Athletics: Preview of Sweden's chances at the World Championships. READ »

Sports Digest: Swedish clubs march on in Europe

Sport: 30 Jul 07
Football: Elfsborg and Hammarby advance in Europe. Athletics: Susana Kallur breaks track record in Gothenburg. Golf: Henrik Stenson suffers bizarre disqualification in Hamburg. READ »

Sports digest: Elmander fires Toulouse into Champions League

Sport: 28 May 07
Johan Elmander scores an invaluable hattrick; Carolina Klüft continues to impress; Sweden's tennis stars prepare for the French Open. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden tops podium at European athletics championships

Sport: 5 Mar 07
New to The Local: A weekly sports digest following the fortunes of sporting Swedes. This week: Sweden claims athletics gold medals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins the national team. Dolph Lundgren watches ice hockey in Dallas. And more besides. READ »

Klüft and Kallur take gold in Birmingham

Sport: 3 Mar 07
Carolina Klüft and Susanna Kallur gave Sweden two out of the four gold medals decided on the opening day of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham on Friday. READ »

Sweden loves Reinfeldt and Wallström

National: 29 Dec 06
Who do Swedes most admire? Royals, sports personalities and comedians are all in evidence on the nation's top ten lists - but Swedes reserve greatest admiration for their political leaders. READ »

Gothenburg gears up for European athletics week

Sport: 6 Aug 06
The European Athletics Championships gets under way in Gothenburg on Monday with a host of Olympic and world champions looking to add a continental title to their accolades. READ »

Rickardsson and Pärson rule Swedish sport

Sport: 17 Jan 06
Speedway star Tony Rickardsson and downhill skiing sensation Anja Pärson picked up the big prizes at Monday night's Sports Gala - and the reaction was a resounding "about time". READ »

Klüft triumphant in Helsinki title chase

Sport: 7 Aug 05
Sweden's Carolina Klüft remains world champion in the heptathlon, after a nail biting finish at the World Atheletics Championships in Helsinki. Klüft, buoyed by the support of the Finnish crowds, overcame a foot injury to take gold. READ »

Expressen ditches athletics deal after Klüft boycott

Sport: 5 Aug 05
Tabloid paper Expressen has axed its sponsorship of the Swedish athletics team after two star atheletes refused to wear its logo. Expressen had criticised Olympic champion Carolina Klüft's relationship with Patrik Kristiansson. READ »

King leads the singing on Victoria's birthday

National: 14 Jul 05
'Victoria Day' has become part of the Swedish calendar: a thousand well-wishers, a bunch of sports stars, and a stage full of celebs join the fun as Crown Princess Victoria turns 28. READ »

Escaped killer caught in Gothenburg

National: 22 Mar 05
A dangerous criminal has been caught after escaping a psychiatric ward on Monday morning but police are now searching for another psychiatric patient serving time for murder. It's a double-punch to the Swedish justice system, adding to an embarrassing record of escapes in the last twelve months. READ »

Olympics: Sweden doesn't do too badly after all

Sport: 27 Aug 04
There's nothing like a fistful of medals to make a country proud. Granted, Sweden hasn't quite won a fistful, but after a barren start things certainly picked up in week two. READ »

Olympics Special

Sport: 20 Aug 04
Sweden is a small country with big sporting expectations. But does it have the athletes to deliver the goods? The Local separates the Olympians from the Tourists in Sweden's team - so now you can go table tennis-crazy too. READ »

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