United States vs. Sweden live stream: TV channel, how to watch

The World Junior Hockey Championship has wrapped up quarterfinal action, with four teams still looking for gold. Among the last teams standing are the hosts Sweden, and the favorites to win it all - Team USA. The 2023 World Junior Championship saw Canada win the tournament for the 20th time, but the Canadians will have to wait until 2025 to capture…

Despite Sweden having the benefit of playing on home ice, the Americans' offensive depth will be too much to handle in Friday's WJC Gold Medal final. Read more as Neil Parker dissects the championship matchup in our USA vs. Sweden betting picks. The host team and pre-tournament betting favorite meet in the IIHF World Junior Championship game…

The USA basketball team finds itself competing for the bronze medal in the FIBA Men's World Cup after a semifinal defeat to Germany. Steve Kerr, the head coach of Team USA, had higher hopes for his squad. However, a tough defeat to Germany in the semifinals dashed those dreams. Now, they must regroup and face Canada, who also faced defeat against…

Set those alarms, Indiana. You too, Orlando. There's going to be a Pacers player in the gold-medal game of the Basketball World Cup on Sunday (8:40 a.m. EDT). And there's going to be at least one Magic player there, too. Friday's U.S.-Germany semifinal has a total of five players from the Pacers and Magic - Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton and Orlando's…

Add another entry to the list of big U.S. blowout victories in the late rounds of the Basketball World Cup. Tuesday's 100-63 win over Italy in the quarterfinals marked the fifth time since 1994 that a team has won a game this late in the tournament - quarters, semifinals or final - by at least 37 points. And the U.S. has been on the winning end of…

Sweden and Australia will contest the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup third-place match this weekend. Both nations wanted to be in the final, but picking up a bronze medal is still a great achievement. Women's World Cup picks right here. As you would expect, at this stage of the competition, there is not a lot to split the teams. Sweden is the slight…

The Canadians opened the 2023 World Juniors with a surprise loss to Czechia before rattling off six straight wins to claim the tournament title. Despite only one returning skater, the Canadians are big favorites in their opening match vs. Finland. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The reigning two-time champions are in the building. Canada's quest for an…

One of the best times of the hockey year is here. The 2023 World Juniors are set to kick off on Dec. 26, giving fans 11 days of the best U20 international competition. The games return to their typical time frame after the IIHF was forced to move the 2022 tournament to the summer. Canada won the gold over Finland in August and enter the games as…

With the Christmas holidays just around the corner, hockey fans have an ultimate delight coming their way as the annual U20 IIHF tournament will be starting on Monday, December 26 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton Canada. After a tumultuous two years of Covid-19, the championship will be finally starting at its usual time of the year i.e just…

Canada and Czechia meet at the 2023 World Juniors on Thursday, January 5. Faceoff is set for just after 6:30 PM ET at Scotiabank Centre (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), and the game will be live on NHL Network and TSN. Now, both teams are trying to win that elusive gold medal. The Canadians are two-goal betting favorites and the total is set at 6.5…

The quest to repeat as gold medalists has unofficially begun. Canada has named its 25-man roster ahead of the 2023 World Juniors, as new head coach Dennis Williams and his crew get set for the competition in the Maritimes. A number of members of the 2022 team that won gold will once again don the Canada colors in 2023. Leading the way will be 2023…

Czechia humbled Canada in the WJC opener, but the host nation and pre-tournament favorites have dominated since, and will look to exact revenge in Thursday's final. See why our WJC picks are all over the faves. Coming off a pair of dramatic wins in the semifinals, Canada and Czechia will meet in the IIHF U20 gold medal game tonight in Halifax as…

Czechia made major noise at the 2022 tournament, knocking off the USA in the quarterfinals and playing in the bronze-medal game. The team is looking to do more of the same in 2023. The Czech squad is one of the deepest teams in the tournament. It boasts one of the best defensive cores, led by Blue Jackets prospects David Jiricek and Stanislav…

Connor Bedard was a highly touted prospect before the IIHF World Junior Championships got underway. However, playing in Canada and putting on one of the most impressive showings in recent memory has only increased his profile. The next step is to lead Canada to the gold medal. First, comes a semifinal showdown on Wednesday night against the U.S.…

Christmas is just around the corner and hockey fans know what that means - the World Juniors are nearly here. The annual U20 IIHF tournament is back at its normal time of year after the 2022 edition was forced to be played in the summer. The 2023 tourney is set to begin the day after Christmas. The 10 countries that competed in August will be the…

The best time of the year is here. No, we're not talking about Christmas or New Year's. We're talking about the World Juniors. The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship is set to begin on Dec. 26 as the best U20 players from around the globe are going to be competing for the right to be crowned the World Juniors champion. Canada enters the tournament…

Halifax is hosting the IIHF World Juniors for the first time since 2003. Twenty years ago, the Canadians came up just short in Halifax, finishing as the runners-up with a 3-2 loss to Russia in the championship game. Canada has won the gold medal five times in its last 11 turns as host of the annual tournament. They won it the last time out in…

I spend volunteer hours covering High School sports in the autumn, and it's strange that it's one of my least sports-savvy friends who came up with the perfect reason why. I was telling her about the painted autumn leaves on grass gridirons, the sloppy marching bands that somehow sound just fine from a distant parking lot, and the we-did-it-our-way…

The United States will have a chance to defend its gold medal at the 2022 World Juniors with the tournament starting on August 9. After the initial tournament was canceled partway through the competition in December, the IIHF decided to kick it back up again in the summer months. The United States enter as defending champs, having defeated Canada…

The time is here. We are a few months late to the party, but at long last, someone will be crowned the 2022 World Juniors champion. After the initial tournament was canceled in December, the annual IIHF U20 event is back with nine out of the initial 10 teams set to restart the action. Russia has since been banned from competing in IIHF events, so…

The 2022 IIHF World Championship will kick off in Finland on May 13. Organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the annual tournament sees 16 of the world's top teams battle it out for supremacy. Canada is the defending champion, having clinched a record-equaling 27th title last year. But if the 2022 IIHF World Championship odds are to…

While the tournament won't have the same amount of star power with the NHL pulling out, Men's Ice Hockey continues to be one of the premier events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. And while a lack of NHLers may hurt some countries, the ROC was able to overcome it in 2018 as they claimed gold. Although they would normally carry an NHL-heavy roster,…

When the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship begins on Aug. 20 in Calgary, there will be a noticeable absentee. For the first time in the history of the women's worlds, Sweden will not be participating in the top division. The team was relegated after finishing ninth in the 2019 world championship. It's been a remarkable downward spiral for a…