Here’s your daily brief for the handball action at the 2024 Summer Olympics and it’s quarter-finals day for the men in Lille!
The schedule
09:30 – Spain vs Egypt
13:30 – Germany vs France
17:30 – Denmark vs Sweden
21:30 – Norway vs Slovenia
What’s at stake?
Same deal as yesterday – no more second chances, it’s win or go home now. The quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in any sport can be so cruel, being so close yet so far from a shot at a medal. Four teams are going to feel that devastation in different measures today.
I haven’t got all day
Then go for the two afternoon matches in the middle of the pack. Will hosts France live to fight another day? Can Denmark be stopped?
Around the rings
Here are some suggestions from left field, three very different finals, from the relative newcomers in skateboard (men’s park) and sport climbing (women’s speed) to an old Olympic favourite in track cycling with both the men’s and women’s team pursuit being decided.