Tag: handball

16 DEC

Russian women’s handball team slip to defeat against France in Euro final

Russia’s women’s handball team had to settle for second at the European Championship in Paris as they went down to defeat against the French hosts in the final. The teams were meeting in a match-up of the 2016 Olympic final, in which Russia had sensationally won gold. ‘World’s most beautiful team’: Russian women’s handball stars […]

28 FEB

Handball has its own nude scandal

NORWAY handball star Nora Mork has agreed to return to the national team despite an embarrassing scandal when intimate photos of her were circulated by the men’s squad. The 26-year-old from Oslo, who was top scorer at last year’s world championship, had her mobile phone stolen before nude photos of her then went public. The […]

18 OCT

Pique marched for handball goal, Messi nets 100th

BARCELONA shrugged off an early Gerard Pique red card and the distractions of a first match at the Camp Nou since a violent crackdown of an independence referendum in Catalonia to beat Olympiakos 3-1 on Wednesday. A Dimitrios Nikolaou own goal and second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and Lucas Digne ensured a comfortable evening for […]

27 MAY

Alexis Sanchez: Arsenal handball goal given in FA Cup final – Chelsea fans will hate this

Alexis Sanchez scored a highly controversial goal to give Arsenal an early lead over Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley. The goal was initially ruled out by the linesman with Aaron Ramsey deemed to be offside, but the referee reversed the call and completely missed a handball in the build-up. Goalscorer Sanchez managed […]