Mental Floss

Women’s Beach Handball Players No Longer Have to Compete in Bikini-Style Bottoms

For some female athletes, bikini-style uniforms are ideal. Many beach volleyball players, for example, consider them a good way to keep cool on the hot sand; plus, the less clothing you have on, the ...
The Independent

Meet the women training to represent the US in an Olympic sport they’d never heard of

Jillana Darby Lee, right, works with coach Elizabeth Hartnett Wyatt during a handball training session in Tustin, California (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Female handball players will no longer have to wear bikini bottoms

The rule change is an apparent victory for Norway's female handball team after it was fined for wearing shorts rather than the requisite bikini... Remember this summer when players on the Norwegian ...
BMJ

Psychological profiling of young female handball and basketball players – a pilot study

Background The influence of psychological factors on injuries in female handball and basketball is poorly documented. Objective The aim of this study was to examine the influence of psychological ...
WITI

Pink offers to pay fine for female handball team's dress code violation

HELSINKI - U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms. Pink said she was "very proud" of ...
BMJ

Young female handball players and sport specialisation: how do they cope with the transition from primary school into a secondary sport school?

Correspondence to Dr Elsa Kristiansen, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, P.O. Box 4014, Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway; elsa{at}kristiansen.cc Objective The aim of the present study was to examine how six ...