March 16, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Ice_hockey":
Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish ice-hockey's talisman, Peter Forsberg, reports that he is winning his fight to be fit to seek his third Olympic crown with the Tre Kronor national team.
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Sport: 5 Feb 10
Sweden has declared a target of ten medals at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, despite a record haul of 14 in Turin four years ago.
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National: 31 Jan 10
An ice-hockey referee died on Saturday when he was hit by a puck during a game.
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Sport: 26 Jan 10
A Swedish bandy player has been reported for hate speech after calling for Liverpool to "push forward harder than the Germans did on the Night of the Broken Glass" in their recent match against Tottenham.
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Sport: 29 Dec 09
A day after forward Mikael Samuelsson slammed the Swedish ice hockey team leadership for leaving him off the provisional Olympic roster, coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson said he had no plans to reach out to the disgruntled right winger.
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Sport: 28 Dec 09
More than 31,000 spectators are expected to brave Sweden’s chilly winter temperatures to attend a hockey match in Gothenburg on Monday night, setting a new European record in the process.
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Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title.
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Sport: 14 Dec 09
A quick thinking referee saved the life of a Swedish ice hockey player after the player’s heart stopped during a match on Sunday.
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Sport: 18 Nov 09
A Swedish ice hockey player who was sentenced to two months in prison after fighting with an opposing player has had his conviction upheld upon appeal, but will not have to spend time behind bars.
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National: 13 Nov 09
Plans for the proposed 30,000-seater arena in the Swedish capital can begin after Stockholm City Council announced a financial agreement with AEG Facilities, the company that will run the stadium.
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Sport: 29 Oct 09
A Swedish ice hockey team has come in for withering criticism after it was revealed on Thursday that the squad’s players were vaccinated for the swine flu ahead of pregnant women and the chronically ill.
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Sport: 10 Oct 09
Swedish ice hockey star and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzén will be out for four months with a torn knee ligament and risks missing the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.
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Lifestyle: 6 Oct 09
The Year in Sweden - October: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Sport: 30 Sep 09
Swedish hockey great Mats Sundin announced his retirement from professional ice hockey at a hastily announced press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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Sport: 2 Jul 09
Sweden’s star ice hockey twins, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, have both agreed to extend their contracts with the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks.
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Sport: 28 Jun 09
A record five Swedish ice hockey players were among the top 20 selected in this year's NHL draft announced in Montreal this weekend.
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National: 23 Jun 09
A 31-year-old resident of Söderhamn in eastern Sweden has been charged with copyright infringement after publishing online streaming links to televised ice hockey matches on his personal homepage.
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Sport: 11 May 09
Sweden battled from a goal down to beat the United States 4-2 and claim the bronze medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne on Sunday. Russia won their second consecutive title later on Sunday.
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Sport: 8 May 09
Sweden cleared another hurdle on Thursday in its bid to reach the finals of the ice hockey World Championships in Switzerland by defeating the Czech Republic 3-1.
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Sport: 4 May 09
Sweden recorded a 4-1 victory over the hosts Switzerland in Berne on Sunday to book a slot in the World Ice Hockey Championship quarter-finals.
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Sport: 30 Apr 09
Sweden scored a thrilling, 6-5 come from behind victory against the United States in sudden death overtime on Wednesday night at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne, Switzerland.
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Sport: 28 Apr 09
Sweden suffered an unexpected loss to Latvia in the world ice hockey championships on Monday, falling 2-3 in a penalty shootout.
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Politics: 13 Apr 09
Lars Ohly, the leader of the Swedish Left party, was rushed to hospital on Friday. After experiencing stomach pains Ohly underwent an emergency operation.
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Sport: 9 Apr 09
Champagne flowed through the night in Karlstad in western Sweden on Wednesday as local heroes Färjestads BK secured the Swedish ice hockey title with victory over Jönköping team HV71.
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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: 29 Jan 09
Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg signed a 12-year multi-million dollar contract with Detroit in a deal that will likely keep him with the Red Wings for the remainder of his career.
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National: 16 Jan 09
A 14-year-old in Linköping in central Sweden suspected in dozens of crimes continues to evade authorities in part because he is too young to be investigated by police.
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Science & Technology: 27 Nov 08
Computer games are nearly three times more popular among Swedes than football and ice hockey combined, according to a new study.
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Sport: 22 Oct 08
Supporters of the Stockholm-based AIK ice hockey team scored an unusual hat trick of heckling on Tuesday night featuring dildos, profane banners, and a giant inflatable penis.
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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.
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Lifestyle: 16 Sep 08
Jesus playing ice hockey and Jimmy Carter as a giant peanut? There's more than enough to entertain at Åbergs Museum, the brainchild of iconic comedian Lasse Åberg.
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Business & Money: 4 Sep 08
The government commission examining gambling in Sweden wants to allow foreign gaming companies to operate in the country.
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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.
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Sport: 31 Jul 08
The Stanley Cup, ice hockey's holy grail, was put to unorthodox use as it made its way across Sweden this July - as a baptismal font.
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Sport: 4 Jul 08
Swedish ice hockey star Markus Näslund has signed a contract with the New York Rangers.
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Business & Money: 16 Jun 08
Sweden's TV4 group is set to buy the television company behind the popular Nordic incarnation of the Canal+ network.
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Sport: 18 May 08
Sweden lost to Finland in the bronze medal match of the World Ice Hockey Championships Saturday, being shut out 4-0 by their Scandinavian rival.
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Sport: 17 May 08
Canada advanced to the gold medal game of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Friday with a four-goal rally in the second period to beat Sweden 5-4.
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Sport: 15 May 08
Mattias Weinhandl scored the game winner in overtime as Sweden beat the Czech Republic 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Wednesday.
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Sport: 12 May 08
Patric Hornqvist scored the winning goal as Sweden beat the Czechs on Sunday in the qualification round of the World Ice Hockey Championships.
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Sport: 11 May 08
A goal in the dying seconds earned Russia a win over Sweden at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Canada.
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Sport: 8 May 08
Switzerland secured a shock win over reigning champions Sweden in the World Championships on Wednesday.
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Sport: 7 May 08
Olympic gold medallist Henrik Lundqvist has agreed to join the Swedish national team for the remainder of the World Ice Hockey Championships.
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Lifestyle: 29 Apr 08
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Sport: 14 Apr 08
Swedish ice hockey star Dick Axelsson has been dropped from the national team after spending Saturday night in jail for drunk and disorderly behaviour.
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National: 27 Mar 08
Sweden’s athletically-inclined former Minister of Justice Thomas Bodström has suggested that Sweden boycott parts of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Sport: 31 Dec 07
Tobias Forsberg scored the game winner to lead Sweden to victory over Canada 4-3.
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Sport: 20 Dec 07
The world's biggest ice hockey league, the NHL, will begin its 2008 season with two games in Sweden, according to reports.
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Sport: 19 Nov 07
Swedish ice hockey player Mattias Öhlund is in the dog house after breaking the leg of a Finnish opponent.
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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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Business & Money: 15 Oct 07
Sweden's new national stadium is to bear the name Swedbank Arena. The bank has paid 153 million kronor ($23 million) for the right to use the name until 2023.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 07
Swedish ice hockey legend Peter Forsberg is preparing to launch a new airline to service the route between his home town of Örnsköldsvik and Stockholm.
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Sport: 2 Jul 07
Tennis: Björkman and Söderling delayed by rain. Football: Brommapojkarna win first home game at new arena. Ice Hockey: Reports that Michael Nylander has signed for Edmonton Oilers.
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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: 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: 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: 13 May 07
Sweden's hopes of defending their world ice hockey title were dashed in a 4-1 defeat to Canada in Moscow on Saturday.
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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: 1 May 07
Reigning champions Sweden cruised comfortably into the world championship's qualifying round with a 100-percent record following a confident 8-2 win over Latvia in the Group A match in Moscow on Monday.
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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
Sweden scored an impressive win against Italy as it started its defence of its world championship ice hockey title in Moscow on Saturday.
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Lifestyle: 26 Apr 07
The World in Sweden Series: For inhabitants of countries from Pakistan to Australia, the thwack of leather against willow signifies the sound of the game of cricket. Immigration means that it's a sound being heard more and more in Sweden, as Nicholas Chipperfield finds out.
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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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Society: 18 Apr 07
Technical staff at Blekinge Hospital have recommended a ban on the wearing of a form of plastic slipper commonly known as the 'Foppatoffel' after suspecting that they may interfere with equipment.
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Sport: 16 Apr 07
Promoter says Holyfield will box at Swedish event. Modo win Swedish ice hockey championship. Hammarby weekend winners in Allsvenskan.
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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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Sport: 2 Apr 07
Sweden tastes defeat in Belfast. New football season about to kick off. Linköping advance to hockey final. Three medals in Melbourne for Swedish swimmers.
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Sport: 26 Mar 07
Sweden face Northern Ireland in Euro qualifier. Linköping and MODO well placed in ice hockey semis. Synchronized divers get timing right in Melbourne.
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Sport: 19 Mar 07
Wednesday sees the start of the semi finals of Elitserien. Zlatan bags a brace. Edsbyn's bandy team breaks Hammarby hearts. Golf still not tax deductible. Victory again for peerless Pärson.
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Society: 16 Mar 07
After an absence of almost thirty years, Dolly Parton is back in Sweden. Back then she was barely made welcome. But this time she has almost earned the status of visiting royalty.
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Sport: 12 Mar 07
Larsson returns, Zlatan scores, the ice hockey season reaches a crucial stage, and Hammarby makes the final in bandy (whatever that is).
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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.
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National: 20 Feb 07
In the last couple of days parents and girlfriends have picked up the phone to hear that players from the AIK Hockey team in Härnösand have died. The players, very much alive, are furious.
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Sport: 16 Feb 07
Swedish ice hockey superstar Peter Forsberg has been traded by the Philadelphia Flyers for a posse of young players. Forsberg will now play for the Nashville Predators.
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National: 28 Jan 07
Singer Carola and footballer Henrik Larsson are among 32 politicians, industrialists, sports stars, artists, entertainers and officials named as this year's recipients of the King's Medal.
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Sport: 3 Jan 07
The Björklöven club is sending a veterans team to Minsk to play ice-hockey with President Alexander Lukashenko. We're leaving politics out of this, one of the Swedish players says.
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National: 17 Nov 06
An ice hockey referee in Stockholm has been jailed for the rape and sexual assault of a teenage boy. The man met the boy at a hockey training session.
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Sport: 28 Oct 06
An ice hockey arena in Karlstad, western Sweden, was evacuated on Saturday afternoon after emergency services received a bomb threat. The Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad was cleared just before 6pm.
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National: 26 Oct 06
Police are examining a suspected bomb left in a rucksack outside an ice-hockey arena in Luleå, northern Sweden. The bag was left by a 24-year old man, who told a bus stewardess that it contained dynamite.
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Politics: 16 Oct 06
The budget presented on Monday includes tax cuts worth 42 billion kronor. The reductions will be financed by savings in unemployment benefits, health insurance and labour market measures, finance minister Anders Borg announced.
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Lifestyle: 13 Jul 06
Sweden has provided the world with countless sporting overachievers, but Henrik Larsson has captured the nation's imagination. And his return to Sweden is seeing him feted like a king, reports Eddie de Oliveira.
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Sport: 21 May 06
Sweden have won the world ice hockey championships after beating the Czech Republic 4-0 in the final in Riga on Sunday. The Tre Kronor team are the first to hold the world and Olympic titles at the same time.
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Sport: 21 May 06
Turin Olympic champions Sweden battled into the ice hockey world championships final with a tight 5-4 win over the last year's runners-up Canada in their semi-final match in Riga on Saturday.
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Sport: 17 May 06
Sweden walloped the US 6-0 in the World Championsip ice hockey quarter-final in Riga on Wednesday afternoon. Mika Hannula, with three goals, was the match hero.
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Sport: 11 May 06
Philadelphia Flyers center Peter 'Foppe' Forsberg, who helped Sweden to Olympic ice hockey gold, will be off the ice until January after surgery on both feet.
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Sport: 3 May 06
Peter Forsberg, Sweden's star ice hockey forward, will not be able to play for the national team in the coming Word Championships, saying he needs surgery.
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Sport: 22 Mar 06
The top man in Swedish skiing has resigned from Sweden's Olympic Committee, protesting at the way the organisation took credit for medals won at the Olympics, and over its much publicised trademark disputes.
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Sport: 19 Mar 06
The Norrland team beat Hammarby 6-2 to become Swedish champions in bandy for the third year running.
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Lifestyle: 12 Mar 06
A Swedish museum finally returns a totem pole acquired from a Canadian tribe in the 1920.It feels good to be able to return it, says Ethnography museum boss Anders Björklund.
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Sport: 8 Mar 06
On Wednesday evening Kim Martin was to have been the first Swedish female ice hockey player to play against a men's team in a competitive match. But then bureaucracy got in the way.
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Sport: 2 Mar 06
Just four days after the Swedish ice hockey team's stunning achievement in the Winter Olympics, the sweet smell of success has been overshadowed by a bitter dispute which could result in the team's disqualification.
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Sport: 1 Mar 06
Malmö Redhawks' former chairman has had a prison sentence overturned after an appeals court quashed his conviction for tax crimes. Percy Nilsson had been sentenced to one year in prison.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Mar 06
Sweden's success in the Winter Olympics turns a diverse bunch of immigrants into yellow-and-blue-flag-waving vikings (sort of) - but does that make them any more Swedish?
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Smörgåsbord: 27 Feb 06
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Sport: 24 Feb 06
Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 7-3 on Friday in the Turin Winter Olympics semi-final at the Palasport Olimpico arena. Sweden's goals were scored by seven players, reflecting a superb team performance.
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Sport: 21 Feb 06
One win over a North American side was sensational; two would have been miraculous. But reality prevailed in the Olympic women's ice hockey final on Monday as Sweden lost to reigning champions Canada.
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Smörgåsbord: 15 Feb 06
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Feb 06
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National: 30 Dec 05
Three prosecutions for sexual assault: that's the year's work for a prosecutions office set up to re-investigate sexual crimes once the cases have been closed.
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Sport: 4 Aug 05
Swedish ice hockey star Peter Forsberg moves to the Philadelphia Flyers, in a deal rumoured to be worth 10.7 million dollars. Forsberg is one of the best players in the game, his new boss says.
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