Category: Interview

18 January 2017

Stepancic dreams a long road ‘home’

After several country-fellow such as Igor Vori, Jakov Gojun or Marko Kopljar before, Croat Luka Stepancic transferred to Paris Saint-Germain last summer. The 25 year old left back hopes and dreams to have as many World Championship matches as possible, including a potential final, in his hometown.

17 January 2017

Kühn wants to take revenge over France in France

Within one year, Julius Kühn turned from a replacement player of the German national team to “Mr. hammer shot” and a starter of the European champions. The 23 year old, two metres tall left back is one of the fastest rising talents in Germany. After winning EURO gold and Olympic bronze in 2016, now he hopes to beat host France in France.

16 January 2017

Hansen: “It’s always hard against Sweden”

If he doesn’t minimize the level of Denmark’s first opponents (Argentina and Egypt), Mikkel Hansen is wary of Sweden, which he will meet this Monday (20:45). "A team a bit young" that he expects to "give it their all".

16 January 2017

Metlicic: “Even the Croatian coaches function as a team”

It’s often you have a coaching team that is so packed with handball idols carrying years of top-level experience with them and a vast array of medals; we sat down with Croatian assistant Petar Metlicic to find out what their setup is like. Except for the French team with Didiert Dinart and Guillaume Gille, there is...

15 January 2017

Guigou: “We’ll have to nullify Sagosen”

He's known a lot of international competitions, Michaël Guigou. But this year is a first for playing one at home. Nevertheless, his experience allows him to take easy many thins, including the injury of his team-mate Luka Karabatic.

15 January 2017

Roine: “2015 WCh was an amazing journey”

World champion in 2011 with the French team, Bertrand Roiné then joined the Qatar team and reached the 2015 World championship final. Before Qatar's second tie against Bahrain, the 36 year-old left back tells about his pleasure to play a World Championship in his native country.

14 January 2017

Nagy: “France 2017 might be my last big tournament”

He is the leader of the Hungarians, the boss on and off the court: Not only thanks to his tallness, Laszlo Nagy (35) is the biggest Hungarian player of the last 20 years. At France, he wants to steer his side to the knock-out stage.

14 January 2017

Sagosen: “We are hungry for success”

At only 21, Sander Sagosen is already taking part in his second  IHF Men’s World Championships. The Norway centre back will play against France tomorrow, in a what looks like one of the biggest clash of the first round in Group A. After the first game did you leave with the feeling like you still have...

13 January 2017

Remi Feutrier: “We’ll show what we are capable of”

Born in France but raised in Japan, Anri Doi (or Remi Feutrier) will experience a special match tomorrow, playing against France. With only one goal: to enjoy it! Is the game against France special for you? Feutrier: “It will be very special for me since I was born here. But I lived a long time in...

12 January 2017

Sigurdsson: Goals lie with Germany, but future in Japan

After leading Germany to EURO gold and Olympic bronze last year, France 2017 will already be the final tournament of Dagur Sigurdsson. In this interview, the Icelandic talks about the reason why to leave to Japan and his ambitions at France.