March 19, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Uefa":
Lifestyle: 3 Nov 09
As the Swedish championship gold medal makes its way to Solna, Nic Townsend looks back at another eventful season in Sweden’s premier football competition.
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Sport: 20 Oct 09
Former England and Mexico boss Sven-Göran Eriksson has ruled himself out as a candidate for the vacant post as Swedish national team coach.
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Sport: 31 Jul 09
Two members of an Israeli football club were detained on Friday at the Gothenburg airport after police received a report they were involved in an alleged rape. By Friday afternoon, prosecutors had released both players.
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Sport: 25 Jun 09
As Sweden’s under-21 side prepares to face England in the semifinals of the European U-21 football championships, it faces the prospect of doing so without co-manager Tommy Söderberg on the sidelines.
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Lifestyle: 24 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Bunny Wailer (JAM) and The Pet Shop Boys (UK) in Stockholm; heavy metal festival & A Camp in Gothenburg; Atmosphere (US) in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Neil Young & Ikea exhibition in Stockholm; Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Orchestra Baobab in Malmö.
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Sport: 2 Apr 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has been sacked from his position as coach of the Mexican national team following defeat to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier.
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Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan.
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Sport: 23 Mar 09
As rumours swirl regarding Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s possible transfer from Inter Milan, the head of the club said on Monday he can’t imagine his team without the star Swedish striker.
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Sport: 9 Mar 09
With play in Sweden’s top football league, the Allsvenskan, less than a month away, The Local’s Keith Moore hears from AIK’s English midfielder Kenny Pavey about how he ended up playing for one of Sweden's most notorious football clubs.
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Sport: 26 Feb 09
The Swedish Football Association announced on Thursday its intention to join forces with Norwegian football authorities to make a joint bed to host the Euro 2016 football tournament.
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Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history.
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National: 22 Sep 08
The burger dispute related to next year’s European under-21 football championships in Sweden may end up putting a dent in Borås’s public finances.
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Sport: 21 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain Max has decided to follow the will of the people and refuse to close during the U21 European Championships in 2009. Uefa will now move the matches from Borås to another venue.
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Sport: 19 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain MAX has decided to let a people´s vote decide whether they bow into pressure from Uefa and McDonald´s to close during the under 21s European Championships in Borås next year.
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Sport: 4 Jun 08
Sven Göran Eriksson was named Mexican national coach on Tuesday, just hours after his departure from Manchester City.
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Sport: 2 Jun 08
Swedish coach Sven Göran Eriksson has arrived in Mexico to tie up a deal to coach the national side, local media have reported.
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Sport: 2 Jun 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson has left Manchester City, the English Premier League club announced on Monday.
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Sport: 19 May 08
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals in a 2-0 win as Inter Milan secured their third successive Italian league title.
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Lifestyle: 12 May 08
David Bartram looks at Swedish football in transition: Elfsborg's English import reveals that he would jump at the opportunity to play for Sweden, while Glenn Hysén worries about the influx of foreign players.
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Sport: 12 May 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson is poised to leave Manchester City in the next few days after a humiliating final day defeat.
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Sport: 21 Apr 08
Swedish football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson says he is confident he will earn the backing of Thaksin Shinawatrato to continue in his post as Man City boss.
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Sport: 13 Apr 08
Manchester City manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has been warned by his chairman, Thaksin Shinawatra, that if results don't improve he will be sacked.
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Sport: 1 Apr 08
UEFA is demanding that Max, a Swedish fast food restaurant, close down during the under-21 European football tournament in Borås.
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Sport: 22 Feb 08
Police made two arrests after fighting broke out among rival fans on Thursday evening.
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Sport: 11 Dec 07
A Danish football fan has been jailed for attacking the referee at a Euro 2008 qualifier between Denmark and Sweden.
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Sport: 22 Nov 07
Sweden goes through to the finals of Euro 2008 after a 2-1 win at home to Latvia on Wednesday night.
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Sport: 12 Nov 07
Ice hockey: Sweden beat Finland in Karjala Cup. Football: Helsingborg score famous victory. Bandy: Brawl mars premiere in Västerås.
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Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf.
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Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title.
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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.
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Sport: 23 Jul 07
Sweden's national team captain Fredrik Ljungberg has crossed London to join West Ham United from Arsenal, with a reported salary of up to 1.4 million kronor per week.
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Sport: 11 Jun 07
Tennis: A vicious dog puts paid to Borg's return to grass. Athletics: Zimbabwean wins second consecutive Stockholm marathon. Football: AIK fail to rediscover last season's form.
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Sport: 8 Jun 07
Sweden have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Denmark by European football's governing body UEFA on Friday, following the abandonment of their Euro 2008 qualifier last weekend in Copenhagen.
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Sport: 7 Jun 07
Sweden beat Iceland 5-0 in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Stockholm, in front of an enthusiastic crowd in the capital's Råsunda stadium on Sweden's National Day.
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Sport: 4 Jun 07
Football: Pitch-invading Danish supporter apologizes. Tennis: Jonas Björkman becomes oldest player in 35 years to reach fourth round of French Open. Ice Hockey: Daniel Alfredsson hopes to captain Ottawa Senators to Stanley Cup glory.
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Sport: 2 Jun 07
The Euro 2008 qualifier between Sweden and Denmark ended in controversy on Saturday night, with the Swedes awarded a 3-0 victory after a Danish supporter attacked the referee. All after Denmark had fought back from 3-0 down to level the score.
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Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time.
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Sport: 29 Apr 07
Swedish club Umeå's dreams of winning the UEFA Women's Cup ended on Sunday following a 0-0 draw against London club Arsenal.
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Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one.
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Sport: 20 Apr 07
On Saturday afternoon Umeå IK - with the help of some of the world's brightest talents - will attempt to defend its UEFA Women's Cup title when the first leg of the final against Arsenal kicks off at Gammlavallen in Umeå.
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Sport: 13 Mar 07
All of Umeå wants tickets to next month's UEFA Women’s Cup final. The club has applied for permission to erect an extra stand for a match that pits top London club Arsenal against the pride of northern Sweden.
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Sport: 26 Jan 07
Swede Lennart Johansson has lost the vote to remain president of European footballing body UEFA, being beaten by French football legend Michel Platini. The vote followed a bitter dispute between the men.
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Sport: 26 Jan 07
Footballer Markus Rosenberg is leaving the Netherlands to ply his trade in Northern Germany.
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Sport: 19 Jan 07
UEFA boss Lennart Johansson is ready to do battle with French contender Michel Platini when voting takes place on January 26th. "I'm confident, optimistic, and prepared," says the Swede.
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Sport: 15 Jan 07
A war of words between the Swedish head of European football organisation UEFA and the head of the sport's international governing body intensified on Monday.
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Sport: 19 Oct 06
Lennart Johansson, the Swedish president of European football's governing body UEFA, has pledged to crack down on regulations on footballers' agents if re-elected in January.
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Sport: 11 Jul 06
The president of European football's governing body UEFA, Lennart Johansson, announced in Berlin on Tuesday that he would seek a renewed mandate next year.
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Smörgåsbord: 3 Jun 06
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Sport: 9 Jan 06
UEFA's longserving president, Swede Lennart Johansson, says it's time for someone else to run European football's ruling body. He wants to go fishing instead.
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Smörgåsbord: 4 Aug 05
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Sport: 17 Jun 05
In a most un-Swedish pronouncement, Lennart Johansson, the 75 year old head of European football, says that if the women's game is to take off it needs to make more of the "sweaty, lovely looking girls" in sponsorship and promotion.
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Smörgåsbord: 16 Sep 04
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