"They will have no choice but to say: Hatadou is really, really, really strong”

There are players who shine from an early age and there are late bloomers. France goalkeeper Hatadou Sako is definitely in the latter camp, as she was hardly earmarked as one of the best in the world on her position early on in her career.

15 years later, Sako is definitely a mainstay b…

Ten Holte: "It’s a once in a lifetime experience"

“Oh, Yara ten Holte. Oooooh, Yara ten Holte.”

9,500 spectators joined in singing the Netherlands’ goalkeeper name during the quarter-finals of the 2025 IHF Women’s World Championship, when the Dutch shot stopper provided some excellent saves to lift her side to a 2…

‘We always want to score the next goal’ – unrelenting Norway await next challenge in Rotterdam

Ahead of the 2025 IHF Women’s World Championship, many people made Norway one of the big favourites to take gold, along with France and the Netherlands, on home soil – and, now, all three teams are in the semi-finals.

On their way to the final four Norway have won…

‘We're going to fight and die on court’ – Vogel and Doll ready for first German semi-final since 2007

In 2019, 2021 and 2023 Germany missed out on the semi-finals of the IHF Women’s World Championship by just one game each time.

2019 saw the German side defeated by Norway in their final main round group game as the Norwegians made it through at their expense while…