The women'sFormula Kite competition at the2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's kiteboarding event and was held inThe Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 60 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
The49er FX competition at the2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's skiff event and was held inThe Hague, the Netherlands, 11–18 August 2023. The entries were limited to 70 boats. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 15 races, followed by a medal race. The medal race was planned for 18 August.
The women'sHansa 303 competition at the2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's one-person non-technical para event and was held inThe Hague, the Netherlands, 11–16 August 2023. The entries were limited to 30 boats. The competitors participated in a series that was planned to 10 races. The last race was planned for 16 August. (Full article...)
Djurgården's first match in European football was againstGwardia Warsaw of Poland in the1955–56 European Cup, a 0–0 draw in Stockholm.John Eriksson scored Djurgården's first goal in European football in the return leg in Warsaw.
Djurgården reached the quarter-final of the inauguralEuropean Cup, where they lost toHibernian FC of Scotland. Other merits include reaching the group stage of theUEFA Europa Conference League in 2022–23, and qualifying for the round of 16, which they lost againstLech Poznań of Poland. In 2024–25, Djurgården reached the league phase of theUEFA Conference League, where they finished 5th and again qualified for the round of 16. In said tournament, Djurgården then advanced to the semi-finals by beatingRapid Wien of Austria, which they lost toChelsea, 1–5 on aggregate.
The women'siQFoil competition at the2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's windsurfer event and was held inThe Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 100 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
The men'sFormula Kite competition at the2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's kiteboarding event and was held inThe Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 90 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
Nordic countries Sport in the Nordic countries includesNordic cooperation through inter-Nordic federations, Nordic championships and other events, joint bidding for international event hosting, and maintenance of Nordic records in several sports. The Nordic countries, both generally and in sports, usually considers at leastDenmark,Finland,Iceland,Norway, andSweden. TheFaroe Islands, in some sports competing under their own flag, are considered to be part of the Nordic countries, and since the 1990s, also national governing bodies ofEstonia,Latvia, andLithuania are considered to be part of the Nordic countries in some sports. (Full article...)
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Borås City Theatre, venue of the Borås Tidnings debutantpris gala Borås Tidnings debutantpris (Borås Tidning award for best literary debut) is an annual award to a Swedish debut literary work awarded by newspaperBorås Tidning andUniversity of Borås. It was first awarded in 2001 toLotta Lotass forKallkällan, winning 100,000 SEK.
The award has become a prestigious prize in Swedish literature. In a 2010 study, Borås Tidnings debutantpris was the fourth most reported literary award in Sweden, after theAugust Prize, theNordic Council Literature Prize, andSveriges Radios romanpris [sv], in one metric shared fourth withPiratenpriset [sv]. As of 2025[update], the award sum is 150,000 SEK, handed out at Borås City Theatre. Korparna byTomas Bannerhed was the first work to win both the August Prize and Borås Tidnings debutantpris in 2012. The 2020 winnerOsebol byMarit Kapla has also won both awards.
The 2025 jury was author and literature criticAase Berg, secondary-school teacher and critic Björn Kohlström, and University of Borås researcher Linnéa Lindsköld. (Full article...)