We said at half time, Kosovare Asllani needed to step up to help Sweden. The Sweden captain hardly saw any of the ball in the first half, isolated in the midfield and unable to support the defensive ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Spain will play for its first Women's World Cup championship after Olga Carmona's goal in the 89th minute lifted La Roja to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in the Tuesday semifinal.

The last two meetings between Sweden and Spain have been tight, low-scoring affairs and another similar encounter is on the ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Sweden's dreams of winning its first-ever World Cup title ended Tuesday in a painfully ironic way. Off a set piece from Spain. The Blue and Yellow's calling card during this ...

Underdog Sweden overcame Spain, 29-26, in the men's Group A tournament. With five minutes left in the first half, Sweden maintained an 11-8 advantage over Spain. But Spain climbed back to tie the ...

Sweden's game plan is proving pretty effective so far. They basically played within themselves, probably not by choice, and let Spain do their thing for 40 minutes but have now turned up. Spain will ...