ES Tunis and Lekhwiya secure 5/6 play-off spots

Esperance Sportive de Tunis opened the second day of competition at the 2016 IHF Super Globe with a 12-goal win against Handebol Taubate, thereby earning a place in the 5/6 play-off. The second game of the day also saw a 12-goal distance at the final whistle, with Lekhwiya emerging the victors over Sydney University Handball…

Rio 2016 – Handball most popular sport after football

All around the world millions of sports fans were following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and in total 6,149,289 tickets were sold, which is about 90% of the available tickets. Good news for handball – according to statistics published by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, handball was only beaten by football in terms of sold t…

Denmark end France’s grip on Olympic title

Denmark claimed their first-ever men’s handball gold at the Olympic Games with a two-goal win against France, ending Les Experts eighth-year grip on the Olympic title. The victory comes only days after Denmark qualified for the Olympic semi-finals for the first time ever, after their previous best ranking of fourth was record…