Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson described Alexander Isak as a "game-changer" and "mentally strong".

The reigning European champions were staring at elimination with 11 minutes remaining in normal time after conceding twice.

Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not know who Virat Kohli is, in an interaction with YouTube content creator IShowSpeed.

Cristiano Ronaldo was rested by Roberto Martinez but Portugal strolled to an easy victory regardless in Guimaraes.

In front of a crowd of nearly 50,000, Sweden took the lead with a 30th-minute penalty by Fridolina Rolfo and doubled their advantage with a powerful strike from Kosovare Asllani.

Olga Carmona's stunning late strike gave Spain a 2-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday to propel them into the Women's World Cup final for the first time in their history

First-time semi-finalists Spain face a more seasoned Sweden at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday, with a final against England or co-hosts Australia the prize

Amanda Ilestedt scored her fourth goal of the tournament and Filippa Angeldal netted a penalty as Sweden hung on to beat Japan 2-1 on Friday

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he's "a happy man", but the women on the pitch deserve the most credit, not the men at FIFA

USA were eliminated from the Women's World Cup following a penalty shootout loss against Sweden.

Sweden knocked two-time defending champions the United States out of the Women's World Cup on Sunday, winning their last-16 tie 5-4 on penalties.

Sweden are already into the knockout phase of the Women's World Cup but are eager to maintain their winning momentum in Wednesday's final group game against Argentina

Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson described Amanda Ilestedt as a candidate for the Women's World Cup golden boot after the towering defender scored twice with her head in a 5-0 thrashing of Italy on Saturday

Sweden were given a scare by South Africa before winning 2-1 at the death at the Women's World Cup on Sunday while 2019 finalists the Netherlands also began their campaign with victory

AC Milan's veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named on Thursday in Sweden's squad for this month's Euro 2024 qualifiers, when he could break Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff's age record.

Linda Sembrant's stoppage time winner broke Belgian hearts as Sweden won 1-0 in Leigh on Friday to set up a Euro 2022 semi-final with hosts England

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he will continue playing international football for "as long as possible" despite Sweden's failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup

The referee pointed straight to the spot and it was a trademark penalty kick by Lewandowski. The Bayern Munich ace casually arced his run, waited for Robin Olsen to move and then slotted the ball to the left of the Swedish goalkeeper.