Circle in the sand: Pessoa from Pessoa reflects on sandy beginnings – and ending?

With seven medals – three gold, one silver and three bronze – in the eight editions of the IHF Women’s Beach Handball World Championship, it is hard to believe Brazil’s women’s side finished sixth in El Gouna, Egypt, at the very first World Championships in 2004, as they have now become one of the most dominant teams in the s…

IHF continues global handball development with introduction of IHF Virtual Academy

With on-court handball action largely on hold, the IHF is continuing to promote the worldwide development of handball by introducing a number of IHF training and licencing programmes entirely online. 

During this time, it is an important goal of the IHF to make use of online solutions to extend and expand the worldwid…

Korea’s Ryu making waves in Europe

Exactly one year ago, in April 2019, Republic of Korea’s women’s national team right back Ryu Eun-Hee signed with top French club Paris 92.

At the time, the then 29-year-old had just led Busan Infrastructure Corporation to their first-ever Korean championship title (2018/19) winning numerous individual awards along th…

JHA President Wakunaga: “Humanity will overcome COVID-19” as #stayhome campaign launched

President of the Japan Handball Association (JHA), Kanji Wakunaga, has sent a message via IHF.info to the global handball community in these difficult times:

Dear Handball Friends of the World,
 
On behalf of the Japan Handball Association, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to everyone who…