(Un)informed Handball Hour

The German Bundesliga is off to an intriguing start, proving once again to be a league full of dark horses. Björn Pazen joins us to sort through the top teams' start to the season and the surprise early retirement of Paul Drux. We also discuss Peter Schmeichel's lasting love of handball, as he spoke about it on the Overlap this week.  He admires the art of goalkeeping and how it influenced his technique in football.

In classic Handball Hour fashion, we like to get a look at the teams in action before sharing some insights, but only a little look, to ensure we get carried away far too early. It's the Men's EHF Champions League launch party as we celebrate the start of the new European season, reacting to the opening two rounds and the new EHFTV. And we're on the search for your very own VELUX Men - who are your cult hero handball players who played in the Champions League in the 2010s?

Rasmus Boysen joins us to reel through the summer's major men's transfers, unveiling which of the big moves he reckons is the best of 2024.

Here it is, the long-awaited final round-up from Paris. Alex's recording took a while to reach civilisation as he recorded on a post-Olympics detox in the wilderness, which was followed by Chris' post-Olympics detox at Edinburgh Fringe. Sorry for the delay and thanks for joining us for a brilliant 3 weeks. Normal service resumes shortly with the new season right around the corner!

The quarter-finals of the Olympic handball tournament left us with so much to unpack with drama in so many of the men's games. Ola Selby joins us for a chat about the remarkable victories for Spain, Germany and Denmark, heartbreak for their opponents and a preview of both competitions' semi-finals. Join us on patreon.com/handball for bonus content from this episode and throughout Paris 2024.