Handball-EHF to shift 2026 European women's championship out of Russia

(Reuters) - Russia will not host the European women's handball championship in 2026 after the European Handball Federation (EHF) said that it is looking for an alternative host.

Russia was awarded hosting rights in November 2021 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress but its invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation", forced the Executive Committee to look elsewhere.