Olympics: Denmark brush aside Japan as European teams make strong starts in handball

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Handball - Men - Group B - Denmark v Japan - Yoyogi National Stadium - Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Jin Watanabe of Japan in action with Jacob Holm of Denmark REUTERS/Susana VeraTOKYO: World handball champions Denmark started their bid to capture back-to-back Olympic gold medals by thrashing hosts Japan 47-30 in their opener at the Yoyogi National Stadium on Saturday .

It was a tighter opener for Sweden, who beat Bahrain 32-31 in Group B as the world championship runners-up edged ahead with 52 seconds left though Albin Lagergren's goal, before Andreas Palicka saved Mohamed Ahmed's penalty. "It's good we scored 32 goals, but we let in 31 ... a lot of credit to Bahrain, they did a great job in defence and attack."European champions Spain pipped Germany 28-27 after Philipp Weber failed to convert a free throw towards the end of the match, while dark horse Egypt defeated Portugal 37-31.

The 37-year-old came on at halftime with the Rio 2016 silver medallists up 12-10 and immediately won a penalty, before fellow substitute Melvyn Richardson scored seven goals from as many shots as Guillaume Gille's side cruised.

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