INTERVIEW: Tobias Karlsson is ending his long playing career with a feeling of happiness and thankfulness, but he won’t leave the sport completely

NEWS: The EHF Executive Committee members will have a final say on the starting grid next week

NEWS: Teams from 21 countries have submitted their applications for the new edition of the European top flight via their respective national federations

STORY OF THE SEASON - NORTH MACEDONIA: ZRK Metalurg returned to the throne of the Macedonian league after seven years following an exciting season

STORY OF THE SEASON – ICELAND: Home to many Icelandic professional players over the years, UMF Selfoss from the south of Iceland finally became domestic champions

STORY OF THE SEASON - AUSTRIA: One of the longest winning streaks in any sport has ended when Hypo Niederösterreich failed to win the Austrian domestic title for the first time since 1976, beaten in a two-leg final by WAT

STORY OF THE SEASON - BELARUS: Manolo Cadenas was Brest’s coach for most of the season, but his assistant Raul Alonso took over in spring and guided the team to their sixth straight champion's title

STORY OF THE SEASON - SWEDEN: In the Swedish league the traditional final match has been replaced by a best-of-five series, but it hasn’t affected the outcome of the championship as IK Sävehof successfully defended their title

STORY OF THE SEASON - CROATIA: Zagreb remain the benchmark for men’s handball in Croatia, as their record-setting winning run gets longer and longer

STORY OF THE SEASON - HUNGARY: Despite various changes in the off-season Györ came out well on top again in both the Hungarian league and cup competition, but FTC and Siófok are eager to close the gap

STORY OF THE SEASON - SPAIN: For the ninth season in a row the title of champions of Spain has gone to Barça Lassa, though behind the dominators Bidasoa Irun have finished as surprise runners-up

STORY OF THE SEASON - PORTGAL: The blue-and-white team impressed not only in the EHF Cup but also in domestic competitions, winning the Portuguese league and cup in the same year for the first time