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Tanak: Unexpected WRC Sweden triumph is an "emotional one"

Ott Tanak says his Rally Sweden victory was emotional after admitting he wasn’t expecting “too much” from a second World Rally Championship outing driving an M-Sport Ford Puma.

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Tanak marks Ford return with Rally Sweden win as Breen denied

Umeå (Sweden) (AFP) - Estonia's 2019 titleholder Ott Tanak deprived Ireland's Craig Breen of a maiden world rally championship win in Sweden on Sunday.

AFP

Tanak denies Breen in Rally Sweden

Umeå (Sweden) (AFP) - Estonia's 2019 titleholder Ott Tanak deprived Ireland's Craig Breen of a maiden world rally championship win in Sweden on Sunday.

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WRC Sweden: Tanak ends M-Sport’s WRC victory drought

Ott Tanak clinched victory from Hyundai’s Craig Breen at Rally Sweden to end M-Sport’s almost 13-month World Rally Championship win drought.

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Tanak wrests Rally Sweden lead from Breen

Umeå (Sweden) (AFP) - Ott Tanak grabbed the Rally of Sweden lead from Craig Breen as night fell on the second leg of the season on Saturday.

AFP

Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer

The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he wants Finland and Sweden to be admitted into NATO as full members no later than by the military alliance’s summit in Lithuania in July

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Rovanpera downplays WRC Rally Sweden victory hopes

Kalle Rovanpera believes the gap to the Rally Sweden lead is already too big to recover after a challenging day opening the road at the World Rally Championship’s snow event.

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Khamzat Chimaev thinks Darren Till could have won last UFC fight if he trained with him

UFC standout Khamzat Chimaev thinks Darren Till should have spent his most recent training camp with him in Sweden instead of in Thailand.

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Breen: Leading a WRC rally a “sweet” moment after 2022 "darkness"

Craig Breen says leading Rally Sweden is a “sweet” moment after going through the “darkness” of a difficult World Rally Championship season with M-Sport last year.

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Breen leads 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' in Rally of Sweden

Paris (AFP) - Ireland's Craig Breen coasted over the snow-covered roads to emerge as surprise leader of the Rally of Sweden on Friday.

AFP

Swedish home helps seniors spice up their sex lives

Broby (Sweden) (AFP) - "It's a good book!" 97-year-old Nils exclaims, skimming through a brochure on sexual relations and desires among seniors, in the common room at his retirement home in Sweden.

AFP

Finland debates NATO ratification that may leave Sweden behind

Finnish parliamentary groups said on Friday they may ratify NATO's founding treaties in the coming weeks, a key step that could lead the country to proceed with membership of the Western military alliance ahead of neighbouring Sweden.

Reuters

World champion Rovanpera takes control of Rally Sweden

Umeå (Sweden) (AFP) - Reigning champion Kalle Rovanpera of Toyota seized control of the second event of the 2023 World Rally Championship with the fastest sprint on a snow-dusted track in Sweden on Thursday.

AFP

Swedish central bank again raises key rate to hit inflation

Sweden’s central bank has raised a key interest rate and 0_5 percentage points to 3% to combat inflation, saying it “is far too high and has continued to rise.”

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Neuville relying on WRC teammates for Sweden set-up after illness

Thierry Neuville will lean more on his Hyundai teammates at Rally Sweden after illness robbed him of one of his World Rally Championship pre-event test days.

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Neuville relying on team-mates for Sweden set-up after illness

Thierry Neuville will lean more on his Hyundai team-mates at Rally Sweden after illness robbed him of one of his World Rally Championship pre-event test days.

Liverpool Echo

City drag queen leaves Liverpool for Drag Race Sverige

Antonina Nutshell is appearing on the Swedish version of RuPaul's Drag Race

Autosport

Abiteboul bringing F1 thinking to Hyundai WRC structure in Sweden

New Hyundai World Rally Championship team boss Cyril Abiteboul plans to introduce practices honed in Formula 1 to his squad at Rally Sweden to help it become more engineering-led.

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Swedish kids take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons

Sollentuna (Sweden) (AFP) - The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake north of Stockholm doesn't intimidate Elton as the 11-year-old schoolboy takes the plunge to the applause of his classmates.

Daily Mirror

Museum turns room into giant 'forest' full of plants - and you can spend the night

You could sleep among the trees and plants at Fotografiska, the renowned international photography museum in Stockholm, Sweden which is launching its new In Bloom exhibition

AFP

Sweden mulling bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

Stockholm (AFP) - After losing out to Milan to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, Sweden is now considering a bid for the 2030 Games, the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) announced on Wednesday.

Motorsport

Tanak: National rally outing “important” for WRC Sweden prep

Ott Tanak says competing in a round of the Estonian Rally Championship last weekend was “important” to improve his chances ahead of the World Rally Championship’s visit to Sweden.

The Independent UK

Sweden: Anti-Turkish protests have increased attack threat

Sweden's domestic security agency says the threat of attacks in the Scandinavian country has increased since a far-right activist burned the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm

Reuters

Sweden increasingly a focus for Islamic extremists, security police say

Sweden has moved into the spotlight for violent Islamic extremists after a number of incidents including the recent public burning of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, the security services said on Wednesday.

AFP

Sweden puts brakes on treatments for trans minors

Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden, the first country to introduce legal gender reassignment, has begun restricting gender reassignment hormone treatments for minors, as it, like many Western countries, grapples with the highly-sensitive issue.

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