Nina Koppang took a break from handball earlier this year to focus on her mental health. Now she has been selected for the European Championship and is ready to return to the national team.
SportsSoon Jamina Roberts will be able to call herself Sweden's most capped national team player in handball. The 34-year-old has been selected for the double national team match against Romania.
SportsIt became no successful handball European Championship for the Swedish women. But the championship at least ended in a major key. Sweden won the placement match for fifth place against the Netherlands with 33–32.
SportsThe hope of a Swedish World Championship spot lives on in the handball European Championship. Sweden concluded the group stage in Debrecen by winning a thriller over Montenegro with 25–24 and is clear for play-off for fifth place.
SportsA long-awaited championship medal is the goal. With a crushing 47-19 in the group final against Turkey, the women's handball team shook off the flat match against Hungary on Saturday. Ahead lies significantly tougher opposition, next up Poland on Thursday. This was a good response I got from the players, says national team coach Tomas Axnér.
SportsThe Green Party's climate policy spokesperson Elin Söderberg is leaving the Riksdag. According to the party, she has behaved inappropriately at an after-party. "What has happened in detail, we will not go into", announces group leader Annika Hirvonen.
Swedish politicsNo championship medal in ten years. And frustrated fourth in the last two. Will it be third time lucky for the handball national team in the European Championship? Here is everything you need to know ahead of the championship.
SportsShe skipped the last training match. On Sunday, Jamina Roberts was back when her Sweden, with difficulty, defeated Poland 28-27 in the European Championship rehearsal. I've sprained my foot, but I don't feel limited, she says.
SportsSome percentage quality improvement and there are good opportunities for a European Championship medal. This is what the handball women's national team captain Tomas Axnér is convinced of. It is with this ambition that we are going to this championship, to take a medal, he says.
SportsThe women's handball team secured a quarterfinal spot in the Olympic Games in Paris. After the loss to Denmark last time, they defeated South Korea with 27–21. Nice that we avoid playing the last match with our backs against the wall, says team captain Jamina Roberts.
SportsThe women's handball team celebrated their upset victory - 32-28 - thoroughly in the Olympic opener. But amidst all the joy after the surprising triumph over Norway: Sofia Hvenfelt injured herself and was forced to leave the match already before the break.
SportsSweden could not have had a better start to the Olympics. 32-28 against the gold favorite Norway was a mighty display of strength from the blue-yellow handball ladies. What can you say? A very good start, of course, says Nathalie Hagman.
SportsIf the handball women got ten chances, they might win two matches against Norway. It's not just anyone who says that. It's Sweden's team captain. In other championships, it has been difficult to find the level because we have started against weaker teams. It won't be any risk now, says Jamina Roberts ahead of the OS premiere.
SportsWith a month to go until the Olympic opening ceremony, the Swedish team is growing and now stands at 110 active members. A skateboarder, a hammer thrower, three golfers and a group of swimmers are among the team's newcomers.
SportsHandball star Nina Dano misses the OS in Paris this summer. The 23-year-old has had problems with her well-being. She has had a pretty tough spring after the championships and hasn't felt particularly well, says national team coach Tomas Axnér.
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