LONDON (AP) -- Croatia beat European champion Denmark and Iceland edged world champion France in the men's Olympic handball tournament Saturday.
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| Event Type | Event | Stage | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal/Final | Men's Team Handball | Final | France 22 - 21 Sweden |
| Medal/Final | Men's Team Handball | Bronze Medal | Croatia 33 - 26 Hungary |
| Medal/Final | Women's Team Handball | Final | Montenegro 23 - 26 Norway |
| Medal/Final | Women's Team Handball | Bronze Medal | Spain 31 - 29 South Korea |
| Men's Team Handball | Semifinal | Croatia 22 - 25 France | |
| Men's Team Handball | Semifinal | Hungary 26 - 27 Sweden |
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- Handball champ Denmark out of Olympics
Three-time Olympic champion Denmark was eliminated from women's handball on Friday.
- Handball's Olympic venue is the 'Box That …
LONDON (AP) -- Inside the Olympic Park, the handball venue is the "Box That Rocks."
- 4 teams reach Olympic quarters in men's …
LONDON (AP) -- Hans Lindberg scored with eight seconds left to help European handball champion Denmark beat Serbia 26-25 Thursday and earn the Danes a spot in the quarterfinals of the London Olympics.
- Croatia hands South Korea defeat
Croatia defeated South Korea in men's handball on Sunday.
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While the USA took control in many sports, such as track and field and diving, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, there are a few sports that we just don't hear a lot about during the Olympics. These sports have never been won by a U.S. athlete and many in the USA don't know much about the sports at all. I mean, how much coverage did you see on badminton, table tennis or handball this summer? And no, the badminton controversy does not count.
- Brazil celebrates record medal tally ahead …
LONDON (AP) -- Brazil won a record number of medals at the London Games and is aiming for a top-10 finish at the 2016 Games in Rio, when athletes will be competing at home backed by unprecedented funding.
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| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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