Handball

Spain end jinx to win first European title

Spain won their first European men's handball title on Sunday, ending a record of four losing finals with a 29-23 victory over Sweden.

Handball: France win sixth world title

France won the handball world championships for a sixth time on Sunday with a 33-26 come from behind win over Norway, who made the hosts sweat by leading for most of the first half.

Record crowd sees France battle into last-eight

Defending champions France battled past Iceland 31-25 to reach the world handball championships quarter-finals in Lille on Saturday in front of 28,010 people, a record crowd for the tournament.

Germany make it five from five

European champions Germany celebrated a fifth win in five games as a 28-21 victory over Croatia allowed them to finish top of Group C at the world handball championships on Friday.

Spain down Slovenia to ensure top spot

Spain downed rivals Slovenia 36-26 to ensure top spot in Group B at the world handball championships on Thursday as Iceland grabbed the last spot in the last 16.

Olympic champs Denmark struggle past Bahrain

Olympic champions Denmark struggled past Bahrain 30-26 on Wednesday to maintain their undefeated record at the world handball championships and assure top spot in Group D.

Saudi Arabia 24 Hungary 37

Germany and Qatar surge into Worlds last 16

Germany and Qatar battled into the knock-out round of the World Handball Championships after respective pool-phase wins over Saudi Arabia (38-24) and Argentina (21-17) on Tuesday.

Slovenia 28 Tunisia 28

Big guns Denmark, France into last 16 at worlds

Olympic gold medallists Denmark and reigning world champions France booked their tickets to the last 16 of the World Handball Championships on Monday.

Egypt 31 Bahrain 29

France down Norway to edge closer to second round

Defending champions France made it three wins in three when a 31-28 triumph over Norway edged them closer to second round of the world handball championships on Sunday.

Bahrain 22 Qatar 32

Big guns Denmark and Spain romp at worlds

Spain, Denmark and Croatia all won their second pool matches at the World Handball Championships on Saturday while Poland, bronze medallists last time out, suffered a damaging 28-24 defeat to Brazil.

Champions France cruise past Japan

Handball WC 2017 - Germany 27 Hungary 23

World Handball Championship 2017: Opening Ceremony

Handball World Championship - Facts and figures

500,000 : The total ticketing capacity of the 2017 World Championship in France.

France 2017 - Host Cities and Venues

France 2017: The list of Denmark national team

Icelandic head coach of Denmark, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, unveiled on Monday the list of 28 players to prepare the 2017 Men’s Handball World Championship in France.

2017 World Men's Handball | Matches schedule

2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship will be the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, and will be held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017

France 2017 - Group A

France 2017 - Group A

Thomas takes control in Hawaii

A fine third round saw Justin Thomas take control at the SBS Tournament of Champions.

Qatar team are ready for world championship

The last World Championship runner-up’s staff has unveiled the names of the players called for the training camp in Barcelona.

Lynn, Stanlake named for ODIs

Australia made three changes to their one-day international squad, including adding Chris Lynn and Billy Stanlake.

Tiger Woods optimistic for 2017

In a wide-ranging blog post, the former world number one confirmed his upcoming schedule and talked about his round with Donald Trump.

Germany win men's European handball title

Germany clinched the men's European handball title for a second time after dominating Spain 24-17 in the final on Sunday.

Worker replaces injured Broom

George Worker comes into the squad after Neil Broom was ruled out with a fractured finger, ahead of Friday's second T20 in Mount Maunganui.

Chad Bettis cancer-free

Chad Bettis, 27, announced on Wednesday that recent exams showed there were no signs of cancer in his body.