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.

It could be the final chance to play at a World Cup for Swedish striker Ibrahimovic, who will be 41, and Poland's Lewandowski, who will be 34, when the finals kick off in Qatar this November.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Tuesday that Sweden fans should not expect too much of him in the World cup playoffs and that he was "panicking" at the prospect of retiring

Sweden will not play Russia in the 2022 World Cup play-offs because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine the football federation said on Saturday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic somehow escaped getting sent-off during Sweden's World Cup qualifier against Spain despite a brutal shoulder barge on full-back Cesar Azpilicueta.

Tokyo Games: With the score level until the end of extra-time, Canada defeated Sweden in penalty shoot-out to win women's football gold.

Sweden vs Ukraine, EURO 2020: Ukraine beat Sweden 2-1 after extra time in their Euro 2020 Round of 16 match in Glasgow to reach the quarter-finals.

Emil Forsberg converted a penalty to give Sweden a crucial win over Slovakia in a Group E Euro 2020 match on Friday.

Alvaro Morata wasted the best opportunity of a dominant first half, in which Spain churned out 419 passes, the most of any team on record in the opening 45 minutes of a European Championship fixture.

The Spanish football federation (RFEF) confirmed that the Spain squad were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Friday.

Sweden's Euro 2020 squad will be subjected to stricter Covid measures after two players tested positive, the Swedish FA said.

Sweden's Dejan Kulusevski and Mattias Svanberg tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of their Euro 2020 opener against Spain next week.

Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Euro 2020 with a knee injury, the Swedish Football Association confirmed on Saturday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to the Sweden squad after a long gap of five years for the World Cup qualifiers.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has 116 caps and 62 goals, has not worn the Swedish jersey since Euro 2016, where he was captain but failed to score as Sweden finished bottom of their group.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired from international football in 2016, but has hinted that he wants to make a comeback for Sweden,

Olivier Giroud continued his remarkable scoring record for France with a brace as the World Cup holders came from behind to beat Sweden 4-2 in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday.