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Norway's minister for culture and sport Abid Raja described the fine as being "completely ridiculous". Former tennis champion Billie Jean King supported the team tweeting "The sexualisation of women athletes must stop". [6] [7] Although the Norwegian Handball Federation announced they would pay the fines, pop singer Pink offered to pay for them ...
Female beach handball players will no longer have to compete in bikinis, the sport's international federation has decided. Norway's beach handball team wins fight over sexist uniform rules Skip to ...
The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined for refusing to play in bikini bottoms during a game in the sport’s Euro 2021 tournament. ... Norway's beach handball side got fined ...
The 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships were tenth edition of the championship, held from 18 to 23 June 2024 in China, under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). [1] [2] The championship was held at the Pingtan International Beach Sports Base at Long Wangtou Ocean Park in Fuzhou. [3]
Norway's women's handball team made a statement in July when they showed up to the bronze medal match at the European Beach Handball Championships wearing fitted shorts instead of the required ...
Norway women's national handball team holds the distinction in the sport for being the only handball team, on the women's side, and men's side, to have won the European Championship four consecutive times. Their 10 gold medals is a sport record. In 2011, they became the sport's third team and the second Women's team, following Denmark to have ...
In 2021, the Norway women's national beach handball team was fined €1500 for being improperly dressed after the women wore bike shorts instead of bikini bottoms at a European championship match in Bulgaria. [2] Critics derided the fine and the underlying rule.
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