Qatar’s Al-Bader hoping to spark new generation

Inspired by Gender Equality Month in March, the IHF celebrates women in various roles in handball across the world.

The focus today is on Qatar women’s international right back Hannah Al-Bader, a mainstay of the national team across the last three decades.

The transcendent talent who helped shape women’s handball

Transcendent talents are beautiful to watch and inspiring for other players. When a player has that special something, fans flock to see them play and handball looks easier, cleaner. It just comes natural. Anita Görbicz is one of those special players and her skills were there since she first took u…

Barzz: “I have big dreams for handball in Afghanistan”

Inspired by Gender Equality Month in March, the IHF celebrates women in various roles in handball. The focus today is on Onab Barzz, the Secretary General of the Afghanistan Handball Federation and quite possibly the youngest-ever person to hold this position in global handball history.

Tokyo 2020 draws complete

Earlier today, the draws for the Men’s and Women’s Handball Tournaments of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were completed at the Head Office of the International Handball Federation (IHF) in Basel, Switzerland under different circumstances than usual due to the current COVID-19 restrictions in place ar…