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Sweden mourns sports legend Sven Tumba

Sport: 2 Oct 11
Sven Tumba, one of Sweden's most famous ever sports stars, died in hospital in Stockholm on Saturday at the age of 80, following a long illness. READ »

Colorado to honour Forsberg by retiring shirt

Sport: 1 Jul 11
The Colorado Avalanche, the final career port of call for Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, are to honour their former star by making him only the fourth player to have their number retired. READ »

Sweden's Peter Forsberg retires from ice hockey

Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey. READ »

Sweden's Forsberg loses in NHL comeback

Sport: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's Peter Forsberg return to the NHL on Friday with his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, was not enough to lift them against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with a 3-1 victory. READ »

Swedish star Forsberg returns to NHL club

Sport: 7 Feb 11
Swedish centre Peter Forsberg, a former NHL Most Valuable Player pursuing a comeback after a three-year break from the North American league, formally inked a deal on Sunday to return to the Colorado Avalanche. READ »

Forsberg hits the ice with former NHL club

Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg plans to practice with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday to see if he’s ready for a comeback in the National Hockey League at age 37. READ »

Forsberg calls time on shoe firm

Business & Money: 14 Jul 10
Swedish ice hockey legend Peter Forsberg has announced the closure of his shoe firm Pforce which became synonymous with the Crocs brand of sandals in Sweden - known as "Foppatofflan" after the star's nickname. READ »

Sweden beat Germany in hockey opener

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Sweden opened their Olympic hockey title defence with a 2-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday with goals from Mattius Öhlund and Henrik Lundqvist. READ »

Forsberg defies age and injury to lead Sweden

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. READ »

Swedes set sights on ten Vancouver medals

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. READ »

Sweden names Olympic men's ice hockey troupe

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. READ »

Sweden picks up Lundqvist for World Championships

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. READ »

Forsberg victorious in Colorado return

Sport: 5 Mar 08
Peter Forsberg helped the Colorado Avalanche to a victory over Vancouver in his first game for the team since 2004. READ »

Peter Forsberg returns to Colorado

Society: 26 Feb 08
Peter Forsberg has said he will return to the Colorado Avalanche for the remainder of the 2007-08 National Hockey League season. READ »

No NHL comeback for Forsberg

Sport: 19 Feb 08
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg has decided not to return to professional hockey. READ »

Peter Forsberg to launch new airline

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. READ »

Sports digest: 'Most hated man in Denmark' apologizes

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. READ »

Forsberg "shocked" at move to Nashville

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. READ »

Swedish hockey star sidelined until January

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. READ »

Surgery forces Forsberg out of championship squad

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. READ »

Sweden win hockey gold

Sport: 26 Feb 06
SWEDISH HEROES HAIL LIDSTRÖM STRIKE
A glorious strike from Nicklas Lidström fired Sweden to a 3-2 victory over Finland and their first Olympic gold medal in 12 years. READ »

Magnificent seven as Swedes reach hockey final

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. READ »

Sweden beats US without Forsberg

Sport: 19 Feb 06
The Swedish men's ice hokey team beats the United States in the Olympics in Turin. This despite having to do without the services of injured Peter Forsberg, who sat on the bench for the match. READ »

Injured Forsberg heads for Turin

Sport: 14 Feb 06
Swedish ice hockey superstar Peter Forsberg has been given the Olympic Games green light to travel to Turin but he is still not certain he will be healthy enough to play for Sweden. READ »

Forsberg moves to Philadelphia

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. READ »

Hard times for Nilsson

Sport: 14 Sep 04
Hardy Nilsson, the coach of Sweden's national ice hockey team, is under increasing pressure to resign following his team's disappointing performance in the World Cup. READ »


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