It was the first handball gold for Russia, though the Soviet Union had won the men's title twice and the Unified Team was Olympic champion in 1992. Croatia, runner-up at the 1995 World Championships, ...

The men's handball team has never advanced out of the preliminary round in ... Slovenia captured its first win of the tournament with a 31-29 upset over Croatia. It was a low-scoring affair to start ...

Following a goalless first half, Croatia were awarded a penalty in the 54th minute after a handball from Davide ... to the ground and was mobbed by his team-mates after a remarkable passage ...