Sweden Sports Confederation has denied viral reports that it is hosting an inaugural European Sex Championship from today.
The details of the news, which first emerged on Twitter, were published by several news outlets on Monday.
However, in a written statement submitted to DW News, spokesperson for the Swedish Sports Confederation, Anna Setzman debunked the claim, saying: “All this information is false.”
She added: “Right now, false information is being spread in some international media about Sweden and Swedish sports. These are vigorously denied”.
The whole speculation started when one of the major Swedish-language dailies, Göteborgs-Posten reported that a Swedish man named Dragan Bratic was behind the whole drama.
It was added that Bratic owns several strip clubs and wanted sex to be classified as a sport.
He was said to have submitted an application to become a member of the confederation in January, this year.
The Swedish Sports Confederation confirmed to DW News that there was an individual who claimed there was a sex federation and applied for membership, but the application was rejected in May.
“The Swedish Sports Confederation has drawn attention to the fact that in some parts of the international media news is currently being spread that a sex federation has become member of the Swedish Sports Confederation”, Setzman said in the statement. “It is false information with the aim of smearing Swedish sports and Sweden”.
