https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway has pulled out of co-hosting the women's European handball championship just two weeks before the start in December due to restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic, its federation said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201116/norway-backs-out-of-co-hosting-euro-handball-champs-with-denmark-over-covid Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:36:22 +0100 norway-backs-out-of-co-hosting-euro-handball-champs-with-denmark-over-covid It may be a niche sport internationally, but over half of Denmark’s population were glued to their television sets and computer screens as the country became handball world champions for the first time. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190128/half-of-denmark-watched-handball-world-cup-final-triumph Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:34:10 +0100 half-of-denmark-watched-handball-world-cup-final-triumph Hosts Denmark beat Norway 31-22 on Sunday in Herning to win the nation's first ever handball world title. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190128/danes-crush-norway-to-win-first-mens-handball-world-title Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:01:19 +0100 danes-crush-norway-to-win-first-mens-handball-world-title Hungary stunned 2016 Olympic champions Denmark 27-25 in the last 16 of the Handball World Championships on Sunday in France. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170122/handball-shocker-olympic-champs-denmark-knocked-out-by-hungary Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:44:18 +0100 handball-shocker-olympic-champs-denmark-knocked-out-by-hungary Olympic champions Denmark struggled past Bahrain 30-26 on Wednesday to maintain their undefeated record at the world handball championships and assure top spot in Group D. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170119/olympic-handball-champs-denmark-struggle-past-bahrain Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:05:22 +0100 olympic-handball-champs-denmark-struggle-past-bahrain Olympic gold medallists Denmark and reigning world champions France booked their tickets to the last 16 of the World Handball Championships on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170117/big-guns-denmark-and-france-march-toward-handball-championship-showdown Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:52:34 +0100 big-guns-denmark-and-france-march-toward-handball-championship-showdown Denmark, Spain and Croatia all won their second pool matches at the World Handball Championships on Saturday while Poland, bronze medallists last time out, suffered a damaging 28-24 defeat to Brazil. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170116/olympic-champs-denmark-set-sights-on-handball-world-title Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:51:15 +0100 olympic-champs-denmark-set-sights-on-handball-world-title Denmark stunned two-time defending champions France 28-26 to win the Olympic Games men's handball gold medal on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160821/denmark-stun-france-for-mens-handball-gold Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:46:46 +0200 denmark-stun-france-for-mens-handball-gold You may be able to watch a biking race or some other Olympic events in Copenhagen in 2024 - at least if the mayor of Copenhagen gets his way. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150330/copenhagen-chips-in-for-2024-olympic-events Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:46:10 +0200 copenhagen-chips-in-for-2024-olympic-events Five members of an Indian handball team are still unaccounted for, but police say they can't do much to find them. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140716/police-doing-little-to-find-missing-indian-teens Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:55:55 +0200 police-doing-little-to-find-missing-indian-teens With the discovery of two teenagers at Copenhagen Central Station early on Monday, six of the 11 players have now been found. They tell police that they ran off to avoid a beating from their coach. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140714/two-more-indian-handball-players-found Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:02:46 +0200 two-more-indian-handball-players-found After disappearing from a handball tournament in northern Jutland, some of the missing players were discovered and detained at a Sikh centre. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140713/four-of-the-11-missing-indian-boys-found-in-copenhagen Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:20:00 +0200 four-of-the-11-missing-indian-boys-found-in-copenhagen A team of 14 to 16-year-old handball players from India have not been heard from since Saturday. The team's coaches are on their way back to India without the boys and suspect that they had a plan to run off and remain in Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140713/eleven-boys-from-india-disappear-in-denmark Sun, 13 Jul 2014 13:47:53 +0200 eleven-boys-from-india-disappear-in-denmark