Quarter-finals get underway at Rio 2016

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The race for the handball gold medals is getting hotter at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio with the women’s quarter-finals scheduled for Tuesday and the men’s quarter-finals happening on Wednesday.

Among the sixteen teams left in the competition across the two events, there are twelve from Europe – six each in the women’s and the men’s competition.

Russia’s women are the only squad that won all five games in the preliminary round. They will face Angola in the last quarter-final on Tuesday (1:30 hrs CET).

First up at the Future Arena are Brazil and Netherlands (15:00 CET). The Brazilian 2013 world champions came first in Group A, …

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