EHF commentator Alex Mair joins us to chat about the recently concluded Women's EHF EURO 2024 Qualifiers and upcoming Olympic Qualification Tournaments. We also chat about two shocking news stories from the past 48 hours - Nikola Portner's positive doping test and Great Britain's wildcard to the Paris 2024 qualifiers ..read more

Mikkel Hansen announced his retirement after this summer's Olympics, bringing an end to an incredible international career but a club career that never reached the very top.  We take a look at the great Dane's achievements and impact on the sport, as well as chatting about Wednesday's Champions League ties and Sävehof's latest scalp in the European League ..read more

Journalist Danijela Vekic joins us to look at the Women's Champions League Play-offs on the back of a couple of surprise results and couple of the ties still on the line. Alex showed his athletic career is still on the rise as he delivers under pressure in front of a crowd of almost 20,000 - we delve into his 32 seconds of fame ..read more

Anna Vyakhireva joins us to speak about the best decision ever to move to Vipers, balancing life on and off the court and her hopes for this season and beyond. We also discuss the Men's European League action as the main round comes to an end, Sporting are on fire while Nexe get fiery with some young Swedish fans.   ..read more

We speak to Magdeburg match-winner Gisli Kristjansson and coach Bennet Wiegert following their big comeback win against Barca in a crucial Champions League encounter, discussing the brilliant atmoshphere, their second half performance and the importance of a top two finish in their group. Zagreb are back in business, beating big names in front of packed crowds, and we're here for it, while Kolstad's debut season ends prematurely. We discuss both as well as some interesting coaching news plus Dylan Nahi's new-found love for the line ..read more

Skjern's Alfred Jönsson speaks to us about his rollercoaster of a career, what makes his club special and what's next for a man who turns just 26 tomorrow.  Alfred also discusses his international future as he was born in the USA and a unique opportunity is on the table with the Los Angeles Olympics just four years away. Chris and Alex also look back at the past week's action in the Champions League, Bundesliga and GOG's revival at the Danish Cup Final4 ..read more

It's crunch time in Cologne as just four teams remain in the hunt for the European title. Sweden and France renew their semi-final rivalry, while Germany will try to hang on for dear life against Denmark. We discuss an anti-climactic main round conclusion and preview Friday's semi-final pairings ..read more

A wild preliminary round has come to a close and we take a look back at the main storylines from the first week in Germany and see where the 12 remaining teams stand as we dive straight into the main round. We also hear post-match reactions from Iceland's Aron Pálmarsson, Hungary's Adrián Sipos, Portugal's Martim Costa and Denmark's Mathias Gidsel. This pod is available in full for subscribers on patreon.com/handballhour ..read more

The first half of the preliminary round has seen some brilliant stories emerge, but none better than Faroe Islands and their late comeback to beat Norway 26:26. We also speak to Vuko Borozan about his winding handball road, which has led him back to playing for Montenegro after almost seven years away ..read more

This is a teaser for the Patreon-exclusive podcast, available for all our members on patreon.com/handballhour German fans were worried that Switzerland might ruin the party by beating them, when actually they ruined the party by being absolutely terrible. There was no shocking start to the Men's EHF EURO 2024 as Switzerland failed to show up and were shut down by the brilliant Andreas Wolff, providing a performance worthy of a world record-breaking crowd in Düsseldorf. Chris and Alex react to the match and get some impressions from courtside from our man on the ground, Brian ..read more