Examples The Faroe, Bodo/Glimt and Giannis Fretokoumpo

The Feroe Islands has become the smallest nation ever qualified in a major tournament semifinale. How a patch of the world with 54,000 inhabitants can overcome France, the country with 602,218 legitimate practitioners? Explanations come in a Article of the International Federation.

“Handball is a national sport in the Faroe Islands. Everything leaves the rooms. They are open all the time, children can play at any time. We spend a lot of time in this arena. It's fun, we see a lot of goals. Pure children are playing. We take care of each one. We do not allow ourselves to choose. This is how these teams are born, ”explains Hjalti Mohr Jacobsen, the national team of U21.

Hjalti says that volunteering is a basic issue in handball. Parents play an important role, like coaches who do their job for pleasure, with other jobs. It's including his case, employed in a bank the rest of the time.

We bring the players together from 14, 15 years old. I go through the same system, learn the same things. We have good coaches at clubs, we have many skilled volunteers. We have built a viable system over the years

– Hjalti Mohr Jacobsen

Photo gallery. Images from the inauguration of the new Multipurns of Feroe, in March 2025: No empty place in the room!

At the current world, the Feroe U21 was stopped in the semifinals by Portugal U21, after two rows of extensions, score 37-38. Will not change anything. Starting on Monday, the children come back to have fun in the halls and follow Av Teigum. About the non-stop open arenas. The system works in a similar way in Denmark, The nation that dominates the handball for years. Coincidence?

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• Feroe was very close to the final at the U21 World Cup. A 7 meters defended in the last second of the half with the number 4 of the extensions sent Portugal in the last act against Denmark (victory after the extensions, 40-37 with Sweden). The parade successful by the Portuguese goalkeeper was followed by brilliant sequences, a chase through the stands. Below, video with the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqdpq-li5-y

Giannis Fretokounmpo: “Protect children, not weapons”

Since 2020, weapons have been the main cause of deaths among children and adolescents in the United States. According to The Guardian, the states that have imposed a stricter control of firearms over the last decade have registered encouraging statistics in this regard, hundreds of lives being saved.

Among the stars who have decided to draw attention to this aspect are the basketball player Giannis Fretokounmpo. The Milwaukee Bucks star is preparing in Greece for the European Program to start on August 27.

Giannis's shirt during a workout with Thanasis and Kostas's brothers

To one of the workouts appeared with a t -shirt inscribed with the text “Protect children, not weapons.”

• Greece was distributed in group C to The European Championship of 2025. He will play in Limassol and have opponents to Italy, Georgia, Spain, Bosnia and Cyprus.

Bodo/glimt, impact scenography

Beyond any controversy, the fans of the Norwegians in Bodo/Glimt must be praised for the peaceful way in which they support their life conceptions. At the latest match played on their own ground, Victoria 3-0 with Brann, the gallery displayed an impact banner.

A father held his son, colored in the colors of the rainbow, the text being: “Be careful who you hate. It could be someone you love.”

The scenography displayed by Bodo/Glimt's fans

It's not the first time Bodo/Glimt takes attitude. In 2024, midfielder Patrick Berg faced a spectator who repeated slogans against the LGBTQ+ community during a party.

What are you thinking about?! Look around you. Don't you see how many children are and hear you? For me there's something incomprehensible!

– Patrick Berg