handball
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
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Try a pair of London ones - same sole as a pair of Handball Spezials but same colours.
Die Handball-Luchse verstärken sich zur neuen Saison mit Kreisläuferin Tessa Pieperjohanns. Die 18-Jährige kommt vom Kooperationspartner Buxtehuder SV und erhält einen Zweijahresvertrag. handballpapst.de/2-bundeslig…
Everton v City Why do Everton never get the decisions against them? Rodri handball (home Goodison) Silva hand ball (Away Etihad) Silva rugby tackle (home Hill Dickinson) More contraversy about Barry goal but when it f…
I'm building a "Team Manager" for Sports-Clubs or teams as a side-project for my Handball-Club It combines a personal problem of managing the sports-team of my son and my personal interest of building fun stuff! Unf…
Nobody knows what a foul is, nobody knows what handball is and nobody knows what offside is. The game’s in great shape.
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(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
“Chelsea player got ball then defender caught him late? It was a bit too late to just be accidental contact? Worst one of weekend (penalty that is, not a missed handball) was the one palace conceded tho...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
“Try a pair of London ones - same sole as a pair of Handball Spezials but same colours.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Die Handball-Luchse verstärken sich zur neuen Saison mit Kreisläuferin Tessa Pieperjohanns. Die 18-Jährige kommt vom Kooperationspartner Buxtehuder SV und erhält einen Zweijahresvertrag. handballpapst.de/2-bundesliga... Foto: Buxtehuder SV/Jürgen Wittholt”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Everton v City Why do Everton never get the decisions against them? Rodri handball (home Goodison) Silva hand ball (Away Etihad) Silva rugby tackle (home Hill Dickinson) More contraversy about Barry goal but when it favoured redshite Diaz by Tarks it deemed ok!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm building a "Team Manager" for Sports-Clubs or teams as a side-project for my Handball-Club It combines a personal problem of managing the sports-team of my son and my personal interest of building fun stuff! Unfortunately I needed to implement a #WhatsApp 🧵”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
“Nobody knows what a foul is, nobody knows what handball is and nobody knows what offside is. The game’s in great shape.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Also that’s a dive and handball from Koke.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“OHA to take part in opening of IHF headquarters in Basel https://www.europesays.com/ch/60528/ The Oman Handball Association (OHA) will participate on Thursday in the official opening ceremony of the new headquarters…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Die herausragendsten Spieler des vergangenen Spieltags 🔥🔥🔥 🎯 Miro Schluroff erzielte 3,2 Tore mehr als bei seinen Würfen von einem durchschnittlichen Spieler erwartet worden wäre, so viel wie kein anderer an diesem Spieltag. #daikinhbl #handball”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Gabriel is appealing for either a handball in the box or an elbow shove on Viktor Gyokeres, I think. Nothing seems to be doing.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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