Here’s your daily brief for the handball action at the 2024 Summer Olympics and it’s the penultimate batch of preliminary round matches for the men at the Arena Paris Sud.
The schedule
09:00 – Hungary vs Denmark
11:00 – Argentina vs France
14:00 – Croatia vs Sweden
16:00 – Germany vs Spain
19:00 – Japan vs Slovenia
21:00 – Norway vs Egypt
What’s at stake?
The will be further twists and turns in the ridiculously tight group A, where Sweden suddenly find themselves scrapping for survival, while Egypt, Hungary and France will all be targeting a victory and a big step towards the quarter-finals
I haven’t got all day
Then it’s the afternoon games for you, my friend. The power struggle of group A continues with Sweden needing a result against Croatia, followed by Germany vs Spain in a battle for a spot at the top of the table.
Around the rings
The athletics programme starts in earnest today with events such as Decathlon and 4×400 metre mixed relay beginning, while the men’s 10,000 metre final rounds off the action at Stade de France.