France unloads
Upset by Denmark in the gold-medal match at Rio 2016, France's men's handball team Tuesday blasted its way to a spot in the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics.
In a brilliant show from start to finish, France scored 21 goals in each half and was never seriously threatened in a 42-28 victory over Bahrain.
Kentin Mahe paced the winners with nine goals on 10 shots.
Spain's comeback eliminates Swedes
Sweden took a 20-18 lead into halftime on the strength of five goals on five shots from Hampus Wanne, who found the net on his first four shots after the break, but when it was all over, Spain had its first-ever win over Sweden in Olympic action.
Spain took advantage of two missed penalty shots by Sweden to climb back into the match, and after Sweden scored for a 30-30 tie, Spain ripped off three consecutive goals before fighting off a furious closing effort from Spain.
Sweden scored but four goals in the final 15 minutes of the match, while Spain racked up nine while advancing to the medal round.
Aliex Gomez paced Spain with eight goals on eight shots.
Defending champ Denmark rolls; Egypt advances
Denmark broke open a close game with a 6-2 run to start the second half and a 4-1 run later in the half to take a 31-25 win over Norway.
Mikkel Hansen and Jacob Holm each scored eight goals and Denmark hit 76% of its shots.
Denmark won the 2016 gold medal, then the world championships in 2017 and 2019.
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In the last quarterfinal, Egypt outclassed Germany 31-26 to keep its hopes of a gold medal alive.