#handball

I've been trying to write this post for a few days now and I keep deleting it and starting again, because I'm not sure I have the words to properly explain what this season was. So let me just start with

There's a cruelty to handball finals that I don't think any other sport quite matches. You spend an entire season — September to June, dozens of games, thousands of kilometres, the grind of the Bundesliga

I don't think I've ever watched a handball team celebrate the way Metz celebrated tonight in Budapest. Players on the floor crying. Coaches hugging strangers. Johanna Bundsen — the goalkeeper who'd just

Two finals. One pavilion. One afternoon. That's what Portuguese handball served up today in Alcobaça, and if you weren't watching on RTP2 then I genuinely feel sorry for you because the men's final alone

Una introducción necesaria La medalla de oro obtenida ayer por Cuba en la Copa del Caribe de Balonmano masculina es un éxito rotundo y un claro aviso de lo que puede hacer nuestro selección de cara a los

Hallo Hiver, der Gastgeber Dänemark hat die Träume der deutschen Handballnationalmannschaft zerstört. Im Finale gewinnt Dänemark mit 34:27. Das Spiel war lange ausgeglichen und knapp, Dänemark führte lange

Hallo Hiver, die deutsche Nationalmannschaft der Handballer steht im Finale der Europameisterschaft! Ich habe das Spiel eben komplett gesehen, es war insgesamt ein sehr starke Vorstellung! Ich bin ja

Today the Masters championship began for our FC Porto Vintage team. These photographs aren't to record this moment, but rather for me to analyze the difference in my physical appearance after deciding

The U21 World Handball Championship was held from June 18 to 29. The World Championship had 32 teams competing for the title. Portugal had a good team, but could not count on its best player Kiko Costa.

Last week, I had my first experience in a European Masters tournament. Unfortunately, we were unable to retain the title because we lost in the final by 1 to a French team that had 2 three-time world champions

This week I will start my new adventure in FC Porto Vintage team and nothing better than start with a European Masters Championship. We are the current champion, since last year we defeated ABC in the

Image Source This was a quiet week where we held the 3 weekly training sessions with almost all the available athletes, we had one who was undergoing treatment to see if he could play on the weekend. This

These are some photos from yesterday. A day when I ended my career as a handball player after 21 years in this sport. In these last seasons we managed to get promoted from the 4th division to the 2nd division

Image Source This week was by no means a normal week for me, as it happened for the worst possible reason (my grandmother passed away in the early hours of Thursday). As soon as I received the news, I

Image Source This week was personally a difficult week to train due to personal and professional issues. Because of this, I was only able to attend one training session. At the weekend we had a game against

Image Source This week was a slightly different week. Firstly, because we started the week with a 10-hour blackout in the country. Secondly, our coach's son underwent surgery on Friday night which meant

Image Source After a week without games due to Easter, we returned to competition. In this week without games we managed to recover some players who had minor injuries and we are almost 100% again. Last

Image Source Our team is short-staffed due to minor injuries, but that does not allow us to have 100% players. In addition to this, we had 2 players who were unable to be in the game due to work commitments.

Image Source It was a normal week where we trained and prepared for the most anticipated game of this round, as it would pit the only two teams that had not yet lost points in this Final Phase against

Image Source TA normal week preparing for the game against the theoretically favorite team to move up a division, before starting this phase, which had a record of 2 defeats in 2 games. However, we knew