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Former Chivas USA forward Drew Helm scored on his debut in Sweden, giving Bodens BK a 1-nil win over Syrianska Botkrkya. Coming off the bench in the 61st minute, Helm's winning goal gave BBK a vital three points ahead of their showdown at 1st place Syrianska, just outside Stockholm next weekend. image via BodensBK

Beans and I are huge fans of Cali Roots x Cali Blog and what they're doing over in Stockholm.  Six Feet Down had their boy Jonaaz get down with the Nike swoop and create. The Olympic rings with the cultural relevance of the competition in China. (more...)

The crew over at CaliRoots in Stockholm have put together an impressive display of culture in Sweden, mashing up fashion, skate, shoes and music. After living and playing in Sweden for a year back in 2004, I can definitely appreciate these Nike SB X Sweden. images via CaliRoots

Can you imagine going from a back up at Manchester City to number 1 at PSV? After the 2007/08 Eredivisie Champions cut ties with Heurelho Gomes, who held a clean sheet in over 60% of his matches played with PSV and will now look to make his mark with Tottenham Hotspurs, Huub Stevens looked no further than 26 year old Swedish International Andreas ...

The man who single handedly made the banana hammock cool again has announced his International Retirement from the game after Sweden's Euro 2008 exit at the Group D stage. Although he's still only 31 years old, Freddie Ljungberg has been a part of the Swedish National Team set up since 1998, the same time he joined Arsenal after leaving Allsvenskan ...

Sweden's other winger (not Freddie Ljunberg) Christian Wilhelmsson has been ruled out of the 2008 Euros after tearing his hamstring in the dying moments of the 2-nil win over 2004 Euro Champions Greece. Chippen, who plays for Deportivo La Coruna in Spain and has over 50 caps for the Swedes, will have a three to four week recovery period for the ...

Sweden kicks off their 2008 Euro campaign on Tuesday against Greece and don't think for a second that all eyes won't be on the forward combination of Henrik Larsson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Here's something to think about when watching that game. Zlatan hasn't scored for Sweden since October of 2005. Ouch. And you wonder why critics say he doesn't ...

UPDATE - The squad has been announced. Preliminary Sweden squad for Euro 2008: Isaksson (Man City), Shaaban (Hammarby), Wiland (Elfsborg); Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Mellberg (Aston Villa), Hansson (Rennes), Stoor (Rosenborg), Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Majstorovic (Basle), Dorsin (CFR Cluj); Linderoth (Galatasaray), Ljungberg (West Ham), ...