Berlin: Sweden staged an amazing comeback to earn a 4-4 draw with Germany, scoring four goals in the final half-hour in their World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday. Miroslav Klose scored two early goals and Germany dominated for an hour before Sweden came back from a four-goal deficit. Sweden's coach Erik Hamren called his team's comeback "historical." "I have never seen a thing like this in an international," Hamren said....
01:36 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appealed to the US to stop persecuting him and his website for releasing classified US files. Assange has been holed up in Ecaudor since mid-June to avoid extradition to Sweden. Assange made a personal appeal to US President Barack Obama. "It is time for President Obama to do the right thing and join the forces of change - not in fine words, but in fine deeds." ...
09:47 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Quito: Ecuador has said it would consider asking Britain to authorise the transfer of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to its embassy in Sweden so that he can respond to sex crimes allegations there. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters on Friday that there are several possibilities to resolve the standoff with Britain over Assange, including "that his statement be taken in our embassy in London or that Ecuador get authorisation...
10:41 AM, Sep 22, 2012
London: Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum. British authorities will continue to seek Assange's extradition to Sweden, Hague said on Thursday. "Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him, Xinhua quoted the foreign secretary as saying. "We must carry out that...
08:26 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Quito/London: The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated on Wednesday after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months. The Ecuadorean government said such an action would be considered a "hostile and intolerable act" as well as a violation of its sovereignty. "Under British law we can give them a week's notice...
09:36 AM, Aug 16, 2012
London: France won its second consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's handball with a 22-21 win over Sweden on Sunday. After trailing 10-8 at halftime, Sweden tried to get back into the match as France missed several chances. Sweden player Johan Jakobsson scored on a penalty to make it 22-21 with one minute to go, but France held on for the win. The result gave Sweden its fourth Olympic silver...
09:41 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Dana Vollmer of the United States set a world record to win the 100-meter butterfly gold medal at the London Olympics on Sunday. Vollmer led at the turn and hit the wall in 55.98 seconds to shave 0.08 off the previous mark set by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden at the 2009 world championships in Rome. Vollmer had set an Olympic record in Saturday morning's heats. She missed qualifying for...
12:55 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Coventry: Lotta Schelin scored twice on Wednesday to help Sweden comfortably beat South Africa 4-1 in their opening game of the women's Olympic football tournament. Sweden dominated from the start and was up 3-0 midway through the first half. Nilla Fischer gave Sweden the lead in the seventh minute and Lisa Dahlkvist made it 2-0 in the 20th before Schelin added the third just a minute later. Portia Modise pulled...
02:58 AM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi/Stockholm: India has rebuffed a request by IKEA to relax rules on buying goods locally, a government source said on Friday, raising the prospect of a delay in the world's largest furniture maker entering the Indian retail market. IKEA, famous for its self-build flatpacks and huge stores, said last month it would invest $1.5 billion euros and open 25 outlets, throwing a lifeline to the government in India where...
12:29 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Donetsk: From the moment Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the opening goal of the tournament with a brilliant header against Greece, Euro 2012 has served up one great moment after another during a thrilling group stage. Superb goals have followed, including Mario Balotelli's volley against Ireland, German Mario Gomez's first strike against the Netherlands and Jakub Blaszczykowski's stunning equaliser for Poland against Russia. The quality remained until the end with Zlatan...
10:12 AM, Jun 20, 2012
England beat Ukraine 1-0 to top the group while France finished second despite losing 2-0 to Sweden. ...
09:58 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Quito: WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has asked for political asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London and officials in the South American nation are considering his request, its foreign minister said on Tuesday. "Ecuador is studying and analyzing the request," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito. Assange faces extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes after Britain's top court said last week that it had rejected a...
01:19 AM, Jun 20, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a final bid by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. The required period for extradition "shall not commence until the 14th day after today", the court said. Two weeks ago the court rejected 40-year-old Assange's argument that a European arrest warrant for extradition was invalid, the BBC reported. His lawyers had argued that...
07:58 PM, Jun 14, 2012
At the age of 35, Ukraine captain Andriy Shevchenko played the first European Championship match of his superb career. From being a legendary figure at AC Milan to a huge flop at Chelsea, the hit man rolled back the years with two of the finest finishes so far in Euro 2012. The former Ballon d'Or winner helped his team come back from a goal down to beat a strong Sweden...
01:06 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Kiev: The Olympic Stadium in Kiev will turn into a raucous sea of blue and yellow on Monday when Ukraine takes on Sweden at the European Championship. While both teams sport the same colors, there's no doubt who'll be feeling the most support from the crowd. Whether that will be a help or a hindrance, though, remains to be seen. Ukraine is feeling the immense pressure that comes with hosting...
04:22 PM, Jun 10, 2012
London: The British Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's plea against extradition. Assange will be extradited to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The judge said that the decision was reached with a majority of five to two. Assange wasn't present in the court on Wednesday. "The request for Assange's extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is accordingly is dismissed," said Supreme Court president...
02:07 PM, May 30, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career. Assange, 40, has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him to the Scandinavian nation, where he is accused of sex crimes. At least one extradition expert said that his long-running legal campaign...
08:21 AM, May 30, 2012
Stockholm: Sweden will be without their most promising young striker for the European Championship, as John Guidetti will miss the tournament because of a thigh problem. Coach Erik Hamren announced a 23-man squad without any major surprises, but could find himself relying more than ever on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack because of injury problems. The 20-year-old Guidetti scored 20 goals in 23 games this season while on loan at Feyenoord...
11:58 PM, May 15, 2012
Kolkata: With the custody row with Norway over two NRI children settled, an Indian mother in Sweden has sought the Indian government's intervention for custody of her 11-year-old son allegedly being held by the Swedish authorities. Kolkata-based NGO India's Smile, which had claimed to have brought to light the custody row over the two NRI children in Norway, on Wednesday told PTI that the mother, Annie Johansson, informed them that...
05:55 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Stockholm: A Swedish man was dug out alive after being snowed in to his car on a forest track for two months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday. The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, emaciated and too weak to utter more than a few words. He was found not far from the city of Umea in the north of Sweden by snowmobilers who...
01:12 PM, Feb 19, 2012
