Tyra Axnér

Sweden's Handball Women Secure World Championship Spot with Big Win

Can set national team record – veteran dropped

Soon 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.

Guide: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of the European Handball Championship

No 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.

Lerby included in the European Championship squad – "Had a good season"

Some 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.

New major performance by Bundsen – despite lens drama

Johanna Bundsen lost a contact lens on her way to the Olympic Games quarterfinal against Hungary. The great game in goal continued anyway. I feel very good form, says the goalkeeper.

Painful Swedish Handball Defeat: "We're Getting Cowardly"

The Swedish women's handball team lost to Denmark – and it was a defeat that stung badly. Denmark turned it around in the end and won 25–23, which means that Sweden no longer has a grip on first place in the Olympic Games group. It feels like we're becoming cowards, says team captain Jamina Roberts.

Toughest Possible Awaits Sweden in the OS Premiere

If 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.

Olympic Veteran: I Thought About Quitting

Jamina Roberts is doing her fourth Olympic Games. And her 17th major championship overall. But the handball veteran was close to quitting the national team early in her career. After finishing fifth with a championship bench spot... then I felt that "this is the last time", she says.