CROKE PARK will be unavailable for next year’s prestigious World Handball Championships because of its handball centre’s protracted planning permission process.

The Irish Handball Council has once again found itself embroiled in controversy, with a case in front of the GAA's Central Appeals Committee tonight, following an appeal from the Ulster Handball Council.

For the first time in the 79-year history of the competition, the M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles Handball finals have been announced as a sell-out.