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Elmander back to lift Sweden
Wednesday 30 May 2012
The Sweden manager, Erik Hamren, included Johan Elmander in his Euro 2012 squad yesterday after receiving positive news about the striker's fitness. Elmander suffered a foot injury playing for Galatasary at the end of the Turkish club season but tests suggest the former Bolton Wanderers player will be fit in time for the team's first game against Ukraine on 11 June.
Adem Ljajic banished from Serbia set-up after national anthem snub
Monday 28 May 2012
Serbia coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has banished Adem Ljajic from the international set-up after the forward failed to sing the national anthem before Saturday's defeat to Spain.
Rare bumblebee reintroduced to UK
Monday 28 May 2012
A bumblebee which vanished from the English countryside almost a quarter of a century ago has been reintroduced.
Julian Assange sex case ruling due next week
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will find out next week if he is to be extradited to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.
Cold, clinical and ballsy: TV's new breed of heroine
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Chloë Sevigny, who plays a transsexual killer, is the latest actress to square up to a masculine role, says Gerard Gilbert
Hard acts to follow: ballsy TV heroines keep on coming
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Chloë Sevigny is the latest actress to square up to a masculine role
Album: Niki and the Dove, Instinct (Mercury)
Sunday 13 May 2012
The impression that Niki and the Dove are essentially the Knife for pop kids is corroborated, not dispelled, by their debut album.
Anders Breivik trial interrupted by spectator throwing shoe
Friday 11 May 2012
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik was interrupted briefly today by a spectator who hurled a shoe at the confessed mass killer and yelled "go to hell" before being escorted from the court room, witnesses said.
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte, who died on 5 May aged 95, was a member of the Swedish royal family who lost his title and succession rights when he married a commoner. He was also the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria.
Grace Dent on Television: The Bridge, BBC4
Saturday 05 May 2012
Spoiler alert: The Bridge may be a dinner-party talking point, but I'd rather watch the Steps reunion
The Weekend's Viewing: Silent Witness, Sun, BBC2
The Bridge, Sat, BBC4
Monday 30 April 2012
I decided to conduct an experiment with the latest episode of Silent Witness – to watch it as if it was a subtitled Danish crime drama.
Ready To Wear: Resisting the urge to change clothes may be no bad thing
Monday 30 April 2012
Watching BBC4's The Bridge at the weekend one could be forgiven for thinking that Scandinavian women – or perhaps just Scandinavian detectives – never change their clothes.
Team GB to face Brazil in Olympic warm-up match
Thursday 26 April 2012
The first match by a Great Britain men's team for 41 years will be an Olympic warm-up game against Brazil at Middlesbrough on July 20, the Football Association have confirmed.
Trail of the Unexpected: Oresund Bridge
Friday 20 April 2012
The bridge that links Sweden and Denmark has its own TV series, says Gerard Gilbert
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