“The European Sex Championship will start in Gothenburg on Thursday,” reads the headline on the news agency’s website. AFP from today. According to the news, Sweden has officially recognized sex as a sport and will now host the European Sex Championships. However, Sweden denies that such a championship will take place, he writes Deutsche Welle.

“Sex is recognized as a sport in Sweden, and on Thursday, June 8, Gothenburg will host the first European Championship,” writes Mediafax with reference to Latestly.com.

According to news reports, the event will last several weeks, with six hours of competition each day.

Sweden denies recognizing sex as a sport

Swedish Sports Confederation spokeswoman Anna Setzman told DW that “all these claims are false.”

“Currently, some international media are spreading false information about Sweden and Swedish sports,” she added. “This is strongly denied.”

How did it all begin?

Göteborgs-Posten, one of the main daily newspapers in Swedish, reported that a Swede named Dragan Bratic was behind the whole story.

According to the newspaper, Bratic owns several strip clubs and wanted sex to be classified as a sport. He applied for membership in the confederation in January of this year.

The Swedish Sports Confederation confirmed to DW that there is a person who claimed to have a sexual federation and applied for membership, but the application was rejected in May.

“The Swedish Sports Confederation has drawn attention to the fact that some international media are currently reporting that a sex federation has become a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation,” Setzman said in a statement. “This is false information with the aim of defaming Swedish sports and Sweden.”