Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female beach handball players will no longer have to compete in bikinis, the sport's international federation has decided some ...

Norway had to fight hard before holding off a spirited Germany team 23-20 for a fifth world championship title in women's handball on Sunday. Twice world Player of the Year Henny Reistad and Thale ...

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — Handball powerhouse Norway beat Tokyo champion France 29-21 in the women's final at the Paris Games for its third Olympic gold medal, and first since 2012. Norway's players ...

Women’s beach handball players have won a different kind of match—the sport’s international federation decided that female players will no longer have to compete in bikini bottoms, bowing to months of ...

Women beach handball teams will no longer have to compete in bikinis during international competitions after the sport’s governing body ruled in favor of the Norwegian team’s complaint over what it ...

LILLE, France, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Norway overcame a hostile home crowd to beat France 29-21 in the women's handball final to win Olympic gold at the Pierre Mauroy stadium on Saturday. Hosts and Toyko ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champions Denmark finished as Group B winners despite crashing to a shock 33-30 loss to Sweden in the men's handball competition at the Yoyogi National Stadium on ...

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Mie Hoejlund scored five goals as Denmark beat Sweden 30-25 to win the bronze medal in women’s handball at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. It was the Danish women’s first ...

Left shy of the gold medal game for the second-straight Olympics, Norway left no doubt of its medal quality with an emphatic 36-19 pounding of neighbors Sweden on Saturday to win bronze at Tokyo 2020.