China and South Korea are the only non-European countries to have ever won an Olympic medal in handball. On the men’s side, France has won three of the past four Olympic gold medals, with ...

Still, with second place, South Korea became the first non-European team to win an Olympic medal in men's handball. The U.S. women finished seventh, with their only win coming against the Ivory Coast.

Marathonized and increasingly thriving, European dominance in men’s handball ... Both Olympic events will start on July 25, the day before the opening ceremony, will conclude their action ...

For the first time since 1984, both sets of handball gold medals are taking the same trip back home. France finished on the top step of the podium in both the men's and women's handball tournaments in ...

Some of them, though, will have already started their bid to claim a gold medal ... Olympic soccer tournaments have started before the opening ceremony since 1992, so this is nothing new. Handball ...