May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Derby":
Sport: 8 May 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has spoken out about his frustration after AC Milan's Serie A loss at the weekend left him without a league title for the first time since 2003.
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Sport: 5 May 12
Co-hosts Sweden prevailed 3-1 in a Scandinavian derby with neighbouring Norway to claim all the points in their opening match of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Friday.
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Sport: 1 May 12
Swedish top flight football is facing the prospect of player strike action and a slew of postponed matches as a dispute over pay and conditions remained unresolved.
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Sport: 4 Mar 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic signalled his return to action after a three match ban with a first-half hat-trick, helping defending champions Milan to an emphatic 4-0 win over Palermo on Saturday.
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Sport: 23 Jan 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a pair of goals to give AC Milan a convincing 3-0 victory on Sunday and move him to the top of the Serie A goalscoring table.
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Sport: 16 Jan 12
A huge banner mocking Swedish AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a ”gypsy” in his native language was unfurled in the San Siro stadium by fans of Inter Milan during the local derby between the two Italian giants on Sunday evening.
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National: 13 Nov 11
Nine children and teenagers have been injured in a car accident in northern Sweden. One of the drivers involved in the crash was a 13-year-old girl.
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Sport: 20 Sep 11
The Stockholm derby match between Djurgården and AIK began in deathly silence on Monday evening as fans from both sides staged a protest at all they consider to have gone wrong with game.
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National: 15 Sep 11
71-year-old Gullan Holmgren from Piteå, in northern Sweden, is 'too old' for pain rehab, according to the pain rehabilitation unit at the local hospital that turned her away.
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Society: 1 Jul 11
Free candy is to be handed out to encourage calm summer nights in the Swedish city of Karlstad, with 10,000 lollipops distributed to revellers in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday.
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Sport: 17 Jun 11
The Malmö FF football club has been fined 150,000 kronor ($23,000) by the Swedish Football Federation for allowing a supporter to run on the pitch and attack a player from visiting Helsingborg last month.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As Swedish football reacts to the latest in a string of hooligan incidents, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks back at the case of the “drunk Dane” who attacked the referee in a Euro 2008 qualifier and wonders if any lessons have been learnt.
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Sport: 25 May 11
A firework injured Helsingborg's goalkeeper, who was then attacked by a supporter on the pitch, prompting officials to call off Tuesday night's match against archrivals Malmö FF in the latest instance of football supporter violence in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 20 May 11
Featuring the likes of Misty Muffdiver and Vix Viking, roller derby is in the midst of a renaissance in Sweden, where camaraderie and image are just as important as inflicting maximum pain on your opponent, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Sport: 10 May 11
One woman suffered burns and four people were apprehended by police after a flare caused a blaze on the terraces during a top-flight football derby in Gothenburg on Monday, bringing more attention to the issue of hooliganism.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Sport: 1 May 11
Norway came from behind to claim a first ever ice hockey win over Sweden on Saturday as the teams opened their Group C campaigns at the world championships in Slovakia.
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Sport: 3 Apr 11
As Sweden's Allsvenskan football season kicks off this weekend, the police have produced new training material to help officers keep more hooligans away from sports arenas.
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Sport: 26 Mar 11
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's ban for violent conduct was on Friday reduced from three games to two but the Sweden forward will still miss next weekend's Milan derby.
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Sport: 15 Mar 11
AC Milan has lodged an appeal against the three match suspension imposed on Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic after his red card against Bari over the weekend.
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Sport: 13 Mar 11
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off on as Serie A leaders AC Milan dropped two valuable points in a 1-1 draw at home bottom of the table Bari on Sunday.
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National: 27 Feb 11
A man and his wife lost their lives on Saturday after their car collided head-on with another vehicle in the northern Sweden.
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Sport: 30 Dec 10
Swedish footballer and former Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg has signed with Scottish club Celtic, the team announced on Thursday.
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Sport: 15 Nov 10
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the lone goal for AC Milan as his team headed back to the top of the league standings after meeting former club Inter Milan for the first time in a derby since leaving for Barcelona in 2009.
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Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected.
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Sport: 31 Oct 10
A late goal by Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was not enough to prevent AC Milan falling 2-1 to Juventus at the San Siro on Saturday, igniting the big-spending Turin outfit's title challenge.
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Sport: 17 Oct 10
Sven-Göran Eriksson's first game in charge of struggling Championship side Leicester ended in a disappointing 1-1 draw against Hull on Saturday.
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Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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Society: 1 Dec 09
The Church of Sweden is bleeding members at an increasingly rapid pace, at the same time as membership rolls in Islamic, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christian assemblies are on the rise.
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Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Alela Diane (US) and football derby in Stockholm; International Book Fair & French acrobats in Gothenburg; Ane Brun (NO) in Malmö.
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Science & Technology: 15 Sep 09
Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are up to six times more likely to develop asthma, according to a Swedish study.
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Lifestyle: 28 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Bruce Springsteen and Dylan Moran in Stockholm; Speedway Grand Prix in Gothenburg; The Eagles in Malmö/Lund.
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Lifestyle: 6 May 09
What's on in Sweden: English speaking theatre and American Vaudeville in Stockholm; Uncle Vanya and LGBT Festival in Gothenburg; Jean Michel Jarre in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 15 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Tina Turner & football derby in Stockholm; Zulu 9.30 & Emilie Autumn (US) in Gothenburg; The Only Ones (UK) in Malmö.
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Sport: 13 Apr 09
With The Local's partnership football club Långholmen FC starting their league campaign this Wednesday, Keith Moore takes a look at who they will be facing in the 2009 Division 4 Central.
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Sport: 5 Apr 09
Atletico Nacka 2-5 Långholmen FC
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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: 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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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou.
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Lifestyle: 1 Mar 09
Sweden has a thriving music scene with acts achieving international acclaim and a number of exciting new artists hoping to follow in their footsteps, writes Keith Moore.
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National: 25 Jan 09
A 47-year-old woman from a small town in northern Sweden has been arrested after stabbing her partner during a romantic get-together designed to repair their rocky relationship.
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Sport: 24 Oct 08
Sweden plans to combat on hooliganism with a new law allowing police to ban troublemakers from stadiums and making it illegal to storm the pitch, throw objects and light firecrackers, the government said on Thursday.
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National: 1 Oct 08
Police in Malmö are still looking for the person who stuffed a firecracker in the mouth of a female train driver and then lit the explosive amidst the mayhem that preceded a football match in the city.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Sep 08
Viasat was a long way from shooting par in its Swedish broadcast of the Ryder Cup, writes admitted golf addict Gene Oberto.
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Sport: 26 Aug 08
The Stockholm derby match between AIK and Hammarby on Monday evening was plagued by hooliganism and rioting for the second consecutive year.
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National: 13 Jul 08
A Swedish man was injured Saturday when he crashed his moped into a wall.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jul 08
Stockholm club and concert tips from Kalendarium.
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National: 14 May 08
A protracted feud in a village in the far north of Sweden took a sinister turn on Tuesday when a 47-year-old man was attacked with an axe and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
His first visit to a Swedish football match left David Bartram wondering what Sweden needs to do to stamp out its problems with hooliganism.
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Sport: 15 Apr 08
Hammarby and AIK shared the points in Monday night's Stockholm derby. But the match is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
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Sport: 4 Feb 08
Birmingham City were stunned on Saturday when a man sharing the name of their local rivals cost them two points and bagged a 1-1 draw for rock-bottom Derby at St Andrews.
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Sport: 24 Jan 08
27 Swedish football hooligans have been convicted for rioting at a football match in Stockholm in 2004.
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Sport: 24 Sep 07
Athletics: Wissman completes fantastic season. Football: Title race heats up. Tennis: Sweden suffers Davis Cup exit.
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Sport: 24 Sep 07
Police in Stockholm are expressing concern after psychological warfare broke out between fans of rival local football clubs AIK and Djurgården ahead of Monday's derby match between the two teams.
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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.
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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.
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National: 9 Aug 07
Disruption to television services for hundreds of thousands of viewers on Tuesday evening may have been due to sabotage, according to network operator Teracom.
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Sport: 27 Jul 07
He's an honorary director and official "protector" of top Stockholm football club AIK, but King Carl XVI Gustaf looks set to anger fans after he revealed that he has always secretly supported arch-rivals Djurgården.
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National: 4 Jul 07
Swedish police have been served a fresh reminder of the precarious nature of their jobs after an officer in northern Sweden is shot while trying to break up a fight.
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Sport: 20 Jun 07
Nearly 130 football supporters were arrested during the Stockholm derby match between arch-rivals Hammarby and Djurgården on Tuesday evening.
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Sport: 18 Jun 07
Golf: Niclas Fasth secures highest ever placing for a Swede at US Open. Football: Halmstad set the pace in the top division. Ice Hockey: Sundin pens one-year deal with Leafs.
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Sport: 14 May 07
Sweden claim fourth place at the world ice hockey championship. Hammarby take over at the top of Allsvenskan. Fredrik Andersson finishes second at the Marbella Open golf tournament.
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Sport: 7 May 07
The Swedish ice hockey team remains unbeaten on its quest to retain the world championship. Two wins on the bounce put Gefle at the top of Allsvenskan. Low-ranked Swedish golfer Joakim Bäckström breaks the course record in Milan.
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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: 10 Apr 07
Swedes serve up a tennis treat in Gothenburg. New boys Brommapojkarna pull off a scalp in Allsvenskan. Linköping looking good in hockey final. Stenson fails to shine in Augusta.
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National: 8 Feb 07
A taxi driver was left with a dropped jaw and a topless vehicle after rescue workers, seemingly inexplicably, removed the roof his car. But a doctor explains why the decision was correct.
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Society: 27 Sep 06
Swedish football suffered another image blow on Tuesday night as fans rioted after the Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby at the Råsunda stadium.
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National: 3 Sep 06
A car was driven off the edge of the quay in Luleå's south harbour just after 9pm on Saturday. One man died.
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Sport: 28 Aug 06
Monday night's Stockholm football derby between Djurgården and Hammarby was abandoned nine minutes into the second half after both sets of fans disgraced themselves at Söder stadium.
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Sport: 25 Aug 06
Helsingborg star Henrik Larsson has been banned for two matches after punching an opponent last Saturday. The club says it will appeal the decision.
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National: 22 Jul 06
Four people have died in two car accidents near Skellefteå in northern Sweden. A car hit a truck killing three, while a young Norwegian died on his way to a festival after crashing into a tree.
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Lifestyle: 16 May 05
The death of Monica Zetterlund has robbed Sweden of its greatest jazz singer. Colleagues and admirers pay tribute to her "unique blend of sadness and humour".
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Sport: 21 Oct 04
After a dismal season which looks increasingly likely to end in relegation, the last thing AIK needed was 200 hooligans rioting midway through a match. Dark days for the Stockholm club.
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