Djurgården will miss European play in 2026 after losing in the Swedish Cup quarterfinals, which was the team's only chance to qualify. This disappointment follows a season where Djurgården finished fifth in Allsvenskan last year and lost the derby match against Hammarby 1-0, with Paulos Abraham scoring the decisive goal. The contrast is stark with last year's success, when Djurgården reached the semifinals in Europe, highlighting a downturn in fortunes.
In other Swedish football news, AIK was eliminated by Västerås in the first round of the cup. Örgryte IS has released its squad for the match against Mjällby AIF, with captain Daniel Paulson missing because he became a new father overnight. Örgryte started its return to Allsvenskan with a draw at home against Malmö FF, and the next match against reigning champions Mjällby AIF is a difficult away game.
Selina Henriksson praises passer Matilda Ekblom for the goal.
The squad includes goalkeepers Alex Rahm and Hampus Gustafsson, defenders such as Michael Parker and Mikael Dyrestam, and midfielders or forwards like Benjamin Laturnus and Tobias Sana. In women's football, Selina Henriksson scored a goal in the last regular minute of a match, with Piteå pressing for a reduction in the final minutes. The winger from Kiruna rushed up and down the right flank as she usually does, and with about a quarter left to play, PIF changed formation to 3-5-2.
Hockey results show IK Oskarshamn did not manage against Björklöven and fell clearly, with no play for Jenny Axelsson in the play-off. Arvika had the chance to almost play to an unspecified outcome, with the winning trend for Arvika's basketball ladies broken under unclear circumstances, and the season's last home match ended heavily. It does not go well for Arvika in the finishing phase, though they have previously represented Sweden in the World Championships, and the battle around the relegation line in the southern division continues.
It was perhaps one of my easier goals but it counts too.
In rallycross, Team OMSE confirms Romet Tsirna will join the team for the 2026 season in the FC2 category, after he has been a standout performer in CrossCar, finishing inside the overall Top 5 in both 2024 and 2025. Tsirna completed successful test sessions in 2025 before moving to FC2 and will continue collaboration with PACE Motorsport, led by Jarmo Võsa, while competing under Team OMSE. CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment had its best season ever in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, securing second place in the team championship, with Niclas Grönholm having his strongest season yet by taking second place in the drivers' championship.
At Istanbul Park, Niclas Grönholm took podium places in both weekend races and ended his season with a personal best, while Klara Andersson secured a podium place in the first race of the weekend, confirming her position as one of the sport's big stars on the global stage. Ice hockey profile Oskar Lang is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who plays left wing or right wing for Leksands IF in the Swedish Hockey League, born on December 4, 1996, in Arvika, Sweden. Lang began his youth career with Arvika HC before joining the Leksands IF development system, making his professional debut in the SHL with Leksands IF during the 2014–15 season at age 17, appearing in 15 games without recording a point.
I like when I get the freedom to join in the attacks.
He contributed to two promotions from the HockeyAllsvenskan to the SHL, first in 2015–16 and again in 2018–19, and stands at 170 cm and weighs 75 kg. Through the 2024–25 season, Lang has 64 goals and 82 assists for 146 points in 356 regular-season SHL games, with his contract extending through the 2025–26 season. Lang grew up in a family with strong ties to ice hockey, including his older brother Viktor Lang, who is also a professional player, and his father, Urban Lang, a former professional player who served as his primary coach from the outset.
He played alongside future NHL player Jacob de la Rose in youth teams around the U13 level and has represented Sweden internationally, including at under-19 and under-20 levels in 2014–15, and with the senior national team in events like the IIHF World Championship and Euro Hockey Tour. In 39 international games, Lang recorded 4 goals and 11 assists. A non-FIFA football database will include 47 non-FIFA affiliated nations in its initial release.
It feels enormous to end the season this way – secure second place for the team and deliver my best individual results so far. Turkey was tough, but very rewarding.
Abkhazia is a territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in northwestern Georgia, covering 8,660 square kilometres and with a population of around 240,000. The separatist Abkhazian polity, formally the Republic of Abkhazia, is recognised as a state only by Russia and five other UN member states, while the Georgian government, the United Nations and the majority of the world’s governments consider Abkhazia part of Georgia. Georgia's constitution designates Abkhazia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, and the Abkhazia national football team is administered by the Football Federation of Abkhazia, founded in 2007.
The Abkhazia national football team has been playing international friendlies against other non-FIFA nations since at least 2012 and will make its competitive debut in the 2014 edition of the ConIFA World Football Cup. The Åland Islands is an archipelago province at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland, autonomous, demilitarised and the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. 50% of its population, comprising Fasta Åland on which 90% of the population resides and a further 6,500 skerries and islands to its east.
This season I pushed myself in every race. The races in Turkey showed that hard work pays off, and I am proud of my result and even more motivated for the future.
Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Sweden by 38 kilometres of open water to the west, with its only land border located on the uninhabited skerry of Märket, which it shares with Sweden, and its autonomous status means provincial powers are largely exercised by its own government. The Åland Islands official football team is controlled by Ålands Fotbollförbund and is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, mainly competing in the Island Games, which Åland hosted in 1991 and 2009. Åland has a successful domestic club football side, IFK Mariehamn, who play in the top level Finnish Veikkausliiga.
Since then, the game has developed a lot – and quickly.