Handball: Luka Karabatic will no longer wear the Blues jersey

“Last season, when my brother Nikola announced the end of his career in the French team, it made me think,” said Luka Karabatic in the press release. When I returned to internship last November, I realized that many familiar faces were no longer there. It pushed me to question myself even more. After failure to games, I didn’t want to finish on a bitter note. I still had the opportunity to play a last major competition and try to close this adventure on a beautiful note (with a bronze medal at the 2025 World Cup). This is where my decision was made. »»

A little over seven months ago, Nikola, the eldest of the two brothers, ended his career after defeat against Germany at the Paris Olympic Games. Guillaume Gille, the coach of the Blues, paid a beautiful tribute to his former captain: “Beyond his performances, Loulou marked the France group by his state of mind by placing the team above everything. It is always with a little dust in the eye that we see from the players and it is, despite everything, the idea that the big carousel of the French team continues to turn and that the group is renewed. »»