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Sweden beats Latvia to set up Olympic quarterfinal matchup with USA

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Sweden has punched its ticket to the Olympic quarterfinals.

Gabriel Landeskog and Mika Zibanejad each scored and registered an assist to lead Sweden to a 5-1 win over Latvia in Tuesday’s qualification playoff round. The victory sends the Swedes to a quarterfinal date with the undefeated U.S. on Wednesday.

Despite finishing 2-1 in round-robin play, Sweden was bound for the play-in round due to goal differential — finishing behind Finland and Slovakia in the Group B tiebreaker.

But now, the stacked Tre Kronor squad will present an early test for the Americans in the win-or-go-home portion of the men’s Olympic tournament.

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Beyond Landeskog and Zibanejad, Adrian Kempe, Filip Forsberg and William Nylander found the back of the net Tuesday against Latvia in a game Sweden never trailed.

Jacob Markstrom earned his second win of these Winter Games, previously starting Sweden’s victory over Slovakia in the round-robin.

Latvia’s lone goal in the game came from forward Eduards Tralmaks. The Latvians end the 2026 Olympics with a 1-3 overall record after beating Germany in round-robin play, but falling to the U.S. and Denmark.

Sweden-USA was the final quarterfinal matchup to be decided on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Germany beat France, Switzerland beat Italy and Czechia beat Denmark to advance.

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The other three quarterfinals will see Germany versus Slovakia, Czechia versus Canada and Switzerland versus Finland on Wednesday.

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“I’m Gonna Be Vulnerable” – Jacy Jayne Breaks Character; Cuts Heartbreaking WWE Promo

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Jacy Jayne broke character during tonight’s show. She cut a heartbreaking promo in the ring.

Jacy Jayne shocked the world last year when she defeated Stephanie Vaquer to become the NXT Women’s Champion. Although people considered her a beatable champion, she has proven them wrong. Jayne has since had two reigns with the NXT Women’s Championship and proven she will do whatever it takes to win retain the title. Her next challenger is Sol Ruca.

Tonight on WWE NXT, Jacy Jayne cut a heartbreaking promo in the ring. She said that she wanted this match against Sol Ruca since she’s been jealous of the latter because no matter what she does, people always talk about Sol being the bigger star.

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“Now I bet you all think I’m gonna come out here and complain about having to defend my NXT Women’s Championship against Sol Ruca next week, but it’s actually the complete opposite. See, I’m looking more forward to this match than quite possibly any match I’ve had throughout my entire career. And I don’t usually do this, but I’m gonna be vulnerable with all of you for once. If I’m being completely honest with myself, I am extremely jealous of Sol Ruca. I know, it’s hard to believe me, Jacy Jayne, being jealous, but it’s the truth. Because no matter what I do or what I’ve been through or how many times I’ve fallen and had to pick myself back up or how week in and week out, I come out here and have amazing match after amazing match. Yes, thank you. You all still look me dead in the face and say that Sol Ruca is a bigger star than me. Wow, imagine that.”

She further added that she won the NXT Title off Stephanie Vaquer who is the current Women’s World Champion, but people still care for Sol Ruca.

“Last year, I held the TNA Knockouts World Championship and the NXT Championship at the same time, holding two brands together. I won this championship off of Stephanie Vaquer, the same woman who is walking into this year’s WrestleMania as the WWE Women’s World Champion.”


Jacy Jayne claimed that she is the most underrated woman in NXT

Right from when Jacy Jayne started in NXT, she was never considered a main character. Nobody expected her to become the NXT Women’s Champion. Therefore, her title win was very shocking. Jacy is aware that she may be one of the most underrated women in WWE.

During the same promo, Jacy Jayne said that Sol Ruca has been shoved in everyone’s faces and she got a title shot because she sacrificed her best friend Zaria. Jacy said she won the title because she is the best woman in NXT and the most underrated woman in WWE.

“Sol Ruca has been shoved not only in my face, but in all of our faces, shoved down our throats all year. And enough is enough. The only reason she even got a shot at this championship is because she sacrificed her best friend. And next week, Sol, you’re not gonna have your best friend by your side, and you’re damn sure not gonna have this NXT Women’s Championship either. You see, I didn’t win this championship by being flashy and being able to flip every five seconds. No, I won this championship because I’m simply the best woman in NXT. And if we’re being completely honest here, I’m the most underrated woman in all of WWE today.”

It remains to be seen if Jacy Jayne will be able to retain her title against Sol Ruca.

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