Why was Norway’s women’s beach handball team fined?

Norway’s women’s beach handball team was fined by the European Handball Federation on Monday, July 19, 2021, after players wore shorts, instead of the required bikini bottoms, during a game over the weekend._x000D_

Handball sportswear fact

_x000D_The International Handball Federation requires women to wear bikini bottoms “with a close fit and cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg.” The sides of the bikini bottoms must be no more than four inches. On the other hand, men can wear shorts as long as four inches above their knees as long as they are “not too baggy.”