The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday it had asked Stockholm for clarifications over financial backing for its bid to stage the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Stockholm Olympic Stadium defied those who said Sweden wasn't advanced enough to host the Olympic Games in 1912, and has survived to become the world's oldest Olympic stadium actively in use.
Support for Italy's bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has grown with 83 percent of Italians now backing the project, according to poll carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Six months after establishing itself in Stockholm, Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo has announced it will sponsor Sweden’s athletes at the 2020 Olympics.
Sweden's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics faces several obstacles: Stockholm's refusal to back the campaign and the country's lack of a government more than four months after the election.
World anti-doping chiefs advised caution relating to revelations by international media outlets that suggested widespread doping in cross-country skiing, on the eve of the Olympics.
Sweden's women's football manager has been grabbing headlines with her zingers, put-downs and amazing coaching skills. Here are six of our favourite moments.
USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo has been
slapped with a six-month ban from the national team for her comments in which she called the Swedish players "a bunch of cowards", US Soccer announced
on Wednesday.
The Swedish women's football team were beaten 2-1 by favourites Germany in the Olympic gold medal match in front of a huge crowd at Rio's legendary Maracana Stadium on Friday.
Sweden coach Pia Sundhage is hoping for a change of luck against old foes Germany to win her third consecutive women's football gold medal in Friday's final.
UPDATED: Sweden ended Brazil's dream of a first Olympic football gold medal with a 4-3 penalty shootout win to book their place in the gold medal match.
Defeating the dominant world champion and three-time reigning Olympic gold medallist USA women's team is tough enough, but Sweden's Hedvig Lindahl also had another "enemy" in their shock quarter-final win - the searing Brasilia sun.
Outspoken USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo labelled Sweden "cowards" after the Swedes ended the world champions' bid for a fourth straight Olympic gold by progressing to the Olympic semi-finals on penalties.
She may not swagger or boast quite like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but swimmer Sarah Sjöström has put the superstar footballer in the shade by winning Olympic gold.
Sarah Sjöström became the first Swedish woman to win Olympic swimming gold on Sunday and she did it in style, setting a world record in the 100m butterfly.
Brazil cruised into the Women's Olympic Football Tournament quarter-finals with a 5-1 victory over Sweden at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night.
