TESERO, Italy (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo blazed to his second consecutive victory at the Milan Cortina Games in the cross-country sprint Tuesday and his seventh gold medal closed in on the Winter Olympics record.

STOCKHOLM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sweden will tighten ‌citizenship ​rules with applicants facing ‌a longer, eight-year wait before they can apply, a ​minimum wage threshold and a test of their understanding of Swedish society, ‍the centre-right government said on ​Monday.

MILAN -- Here is what's clear with Team Sweden for its opener of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 -- somebody has to start in goal. Who that is, however, is still a mystery.

By Trevor Stynes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic earned their first Group A win by defeating Finland 2-0 in the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament on Sunday, while Sweden secured a quarter-final place with a 4-0 win over France in Group B at Milano Rho arena.

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Frida Karlsson of Sweden won gold at 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics in the 20-kilometer women’s skiathlon Saturday at the start of cross-country skiing on energy-draining wet snow. Top-ranked Jessie Diggins of the United States fell in the early stages of the race and struggled throughout to fight her way forward as the Swedes held onto an early advantage.

Famed for its openness and slower pace of life, Sweden is one of the last places you might expect to see children being pulled off the streets and searched without a warrant, or having their phones

If the joy that so clearly runs through Zibanejad in this environment can raise his game, the Swedish men’s national team could reach Olympic glory for just the third time in history.

MILAN (AP) — At 19, Hilda Svensson wasn’t born the last time Sweden’s women’s hockey team medaled at the Olympics. The Ohio State freshman and a collection of young and brashly confident teammates are eager to rectify what’s been a 20-year drought at the Milan Cortina Games.