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From 1 July 2020, ASADA will cease to exist as an organisation and will merge into Sport Integrity Australia – this new agency will become Australia’s National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO)....

Australia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 15 – 37 (8 – 19). Australia went down 37 – 15 (8 – 19) to Saudi Arabia, today at the Shaikh Saad...

Australia – South Korea | 20 – 40 (7 – 24) After a five-day training camp in Dubai the Australian men’s team stepped onto the court for their first game...

After a tough preliminary round, where Australia faced five former World Champions, in Group B, the President’s Cup round started with Australia playing Cuba in a morning game in Kumumato, Japan today....

Today was the last match of the Group B pool with 2013 Champions Brazil just above Australia on pool points. Brazil had a draw but was still seeking a win...

Australia’s game against Korea was always going to be tough. The Asian champions sitting second in the Group, just one point behind Germany, had already beaten World Champions France and...

Australia faced current World Champions, France on day four, in their toughest match so far. Back player Madeleine McAfee took to Instagram before the match to thank Australia’s team of...

Australia faced Germany today in the second round, group B clash in Kumamoto. Rosa Boyd promised “the fight will continue and we have small goals set for the team which...

In their first World Championship appearance since 2013, the Australian women’s national team opened their 2019 campaign, at Kumamoto’s Prefectural Gymnasium, against Denmark. The Aussie women had a strong start...

The 24th IHF Women’s World Championship begins in Kumamoto on November 30, and the Australia team have arrived in Japan for their final preparation ahead of the event. The 16...

The AOC have announced Women’s Beach Handball player Rosa Boyd as Australian flag bearer for the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games Opening Ceremony tonight. Rosa, who has 14 years Australian...

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced today the Beach Handball athletes that will represent Australia at the World Beach Games, In Qatar next month. The men’s and women’s teams will...

The Australia women’s team placed fifth at the 2018 Asian Women’s Handball Championship in Kumamoto, Japan, which also means successful qualification for the 2019 IHF Women’s World Championship next December....

Australia have arrived in Kumamoto, Japan ready to debut at the Asian Women’s Handball Championship, throwing off on Friday November 30. The event also serves as qualification for the 2019...

On Tuesday July 24, Australia’s men’s and women’s teams will begin their campaigns at the 2018 IHF Beach Handball World Championship in Kazan, Russia. Among the 24 nations contesting the...

The 2018 IHF Trophy Oceania for youth and junior teams took place in June in New Caledonia. Australia competed in both groups, with the juniors finishing first and the youth...

The Australian Open Club Championship was held in Geelong, Victoria from May 24 to 27, and saw Sydney University Handball Club take the men’s trophy, while Melbourne HC celebrated the...

The Australian Open Club Championship begins today in Geelong, Victoria, with eight men’s teams and six women’s sides from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia ready to contest the titles....

The 2018 Australian Beach Handball Open Club Championship was held over the weekend with great success. This year’s event in Glenelg, South Australia saw 33 teams from Australia, New Zealand...

The Australia men’s team finished their campaign at the 2018 Asian Men’s Handball Championship in 11th place, following two wins in the placement round, against Bangladesh and India. After completion...

Australia have completed their preliminary round campaign at their debut Asian Men’s Handball Championship, recording two losses at the hands of 2014 and 2016 silver medallists Bahrain, and Oman. The...

2018 begins with an important event for Australian handball, as the men’s national team prepare to make their debut at the Asian Men’s Championship in January. The 18th Asian Men’s Championship...

St Kilda (Melbourne) overtook Sydney University in a thrilling final to finish 22:17 in the HLA Round 4. UTS Hawkes won over the younger Brisbane Wolves 24:27 in the 3d...

Handball Australia’s Acting President Helen Boyd (second from left) travelled to Turkey to represent Australia at the 2017 IHF Congress on November 11. The Congress is held every two years...

Queensland played Victoria in a replay of the 2016 Women’s final with the outcome this time Queensland dominant at 20:9 (13:2). Victoria represented in both finals, with their Men again...

Beach handball is a relatively new discipline of the sport and even newer in Australia. Our teams are progressively building their skills internationally. Prior to this event the women had...

In their first World Championship appearance, the Aussie Junior Men finish in Top Ten at tenth place and the Women 13th at the IHF U17 Beach Handball World Games in...

Sydney Uni defends its title as Oceania Men’s Club Champions (and Australian Open Men’s Club title) to be the region’s nominated Club for the SuperGlobe to be held in Qatar...

The 2017 Australian Open Club Championships and the Oceania Men’s Qualifier for the 2017 Super Globe are being held in Geelong between May 11-14. Sydney Uni will be seeking to...

The Australian boys have claimed the Oceania title and gold medal and our girls are runners up, taking a silver medal at the event in Raratoga in the Cook Islands...