I’ve worked with professional sports as a reporter and on both the club and federation level for more than a decade. As a sports director, I’ve even furiously submitted a couple of protests against erroneous calls from referees. And still, I’m disgusted by what players, reporters and others say about the goal that was not in the game between Germany

It’s been kind of quiet here the past weeks, and now I can officially tell you why. All my creative energy has gone into getting started with a new international football cup for intellectually disabled: Fässberg Nordic Open. I was recruited to work part time as a cup general for this new venture, and we are really starting from scratch

That’s not a brilliant headline to be responsible for, right? Well, that’s actually what happened to Swedish league team Kalmar FF in a twisted kind of way way. November 5 they signed Yannick Bapupa, ten days later he was arrested for suspicions on rape. Today, before even playing his first official game for the club, he was found guilty and

As projected, Henrik Larsson is now officially the new manager/coach of Landskrona BoIS in the Swedish second division. He was presented at a press conference this afternoon and will start his new job right away. Some supporters of BoIS are hesitant – Henke’s mother club Helsingborgs IF is their sworn enemy and football fans can be rather emotional about these

Legendary Swedish football player Henrik “Henke”Larsson quit playing after the past season. His name was mentioned by some media as a potential manager for the Swedish national team shortly thereafter, but he was probably never in the run for real. In a couple of hours, rumours have it that Henke will instead be presented as the new manager for Landskrona

Arek Onyszko. Remember that name, because it must be the most stupid man in current sports. The 35-yearold Polish football player was fired from his job at Odense (Denmark) this summer after being arrested, charged and found guilty for assaulting his wife. He was sentenced to one month of house arrest (wearing an electronic tagging that allowed him to play

Swedish news paper Aftonbladet today published a funny piece on the Swedish Football Federation’s ongoing search for a new national team manager. The favourite for the job has been Sven-Göran “Svennis” Eriksson, former manager of teams like Benfica, Lazio, Fiorentina and of course the national teams of England and Mexico. However, he yesterday withdrew his name from consideration, as he

Yet another case of a potentially costly migration miss has surfaced. Swedish football team GAIS missed out on having the right permits for a player, this time Brasilian top scorer Wanderson. Sports clubs, fans and media are now standing by to see how the federation and the state will react. To be a professional athlete in Sweden, you need permits

I wonder. With the swine flu (H1N1) spreading panic and disorder among hypocondrics and others, what will happen with attendance figures at public events like sports games? In a couple of weeks, the winter seasons start to kick off for the major team sports. In Sweden, these sports are hockey, bandy, basketball, floorball and handball. And at about the same

Swedish football/soccer team Umeå has been invited to play in the American women’s league (WPS) All-Star Game in St Louis. A creative marketing move for a league trying to spread its brand around the world. Also, superstar Marta will get to met her former team – which in itself will draw a lot of interest from the world of women’s