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Soccer

Ibrahimovic speaks his mind

Players on Sweden's men's soccer team deserve to get more recognition than their female counterparts and people should stop whipping up a gender storm about it, striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said. The Sweden captain spoke out after his country's FA was slammed for presenting midfielder Anders Svensson with a new Volvo for breaking Thomas Ravelli's record of 143 international caps. However, when women's midfielder Therese Sjogran failed to get similar recognition at the same soccer gala despite earning a record 187 caps, the move was widely criticized.