Since their sixth-place finish at Sweden 2011, the Nordic nation have not been among the continent's best. The World Cup kicks off on 14 January and the Icelandic national team, led by captain Aron ...

Iceland, the smattering of fans were chanting Sunday morning in heavy Nordic accents, as the Icelandic handball team put the finishing touches on its 31-25 win over Argentina in the opening game of ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Gudmundur Gudmundsson has been coaching handball for 23 years and rated his Iceland Olympic side’s first-period scoring blitz against Tunisia on Tuesday as one of the best halves he ...

The Egyptian national handball team suffered a narrow defeat to Iceland in the main round of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship on Wednesday, falling 27-24 in a hard-fought game. The ...

“Eees-laand! Eees-laand! Eees-laand!” a smattering of fans chanted as the Icelandic handball team put the finishing touches on its 31-25 win over Argentina in the opening game of the Olympic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What will it mean to Iceland if their men’s handball team can win the country’s first ever Olympic gold in any ...

France has outclassed Iceland 28-23 to win the men's handball gold medal, shattering its opponent's dream of snaring its first ever Olympic gold in any sport. The finesse of tournament favourite ...

Handball has become the cult sport of the 2012 Olympics. And today, we had the most thrilling moment of the men's tournament. Iceland led its quarterfinal game against Hungary 27-26 and was shooting a ...

Iceland will aim for their first ever Olympic gold when their men's handball team face France in Sunday's final. It was a convincing display by the Icelandic team as they crushed Spain 36-30 in their ...

France claimed a glorious gold in the men's handball after a dominant display to easily defeat Iceland 28-23. The Icelanders had been looking to win their first-ever Olympic gold, but had to settle ...

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Gudmundur Gudmundsson has been coaching handball for 23 years and rated his Iceland Olympic side's first-period scoring blitz against Tunisia on Tuesday as one of the best ...