Sweden fought back and struck late on to grab a 2-1 win over South Africa in their Women's World Cup opener on Sunday in the ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Amanda Ilestedt of Arsenal celebrates scoring their team's second goal during the Barclays Women´s Super League match between Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC at Emirates ...

Arsenal Women center-back Amanda Ilestedt has announced that she is pregnant with her first child and is set to miss the remainder of the Women's Super League season. On Wednesday, the Sweden ...

Arsenal and Sweden international defender Amanda Ilestedt is stepping away from football after announcing she is pregnant. Ilestedt, 31, joined Arsenal from Paris Saint-Germain in June and has gone on ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — After leaving it to the last minute against South Africa, Sweden left nothing to chance Saturday in a 5-0 win over Italy which sealed its place in the knockout rounds of ...

Arsenal defender Amanda Ilestedt will leave the club this summer when her current contract comes to an end. The Gunners announced the news via a post on their official club website this afternoon. The ...

After Sweden’s 2-1 win over Japan in its World Cup quarterfinal, a journalist asked Amanda Ilestedt when she would ask her coach to move her up the field to play as a striker. The Swedish center back ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sweden produced a drab opening Women's World Cup performance on a gloomy night of mist and rain but managed to pull off a surprisingly difficult 2-1 victory to fend off ...

Like most central defenders, Amanda Ilestedt had never been considered much of a scorer. Coming into the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the 30-year-old Swede had managed a ...

Sweden’s Elin Rubensson, right, and South Africa’s Jermaine Seoposenwe compete for the ball during the Women’s World Cup Group G soccer match between Sweden and South Africa in Wellington, New Zealand ...