Japan men's handball team manager Dagur Sigurdsson has asked to step down from his role as he intends to take charge of another country, the Japan Handball Association said Friday, with Croatian media reporting that the European nation is in negotiations to sign the coach.The 50-year-old Icelander has been in the Japan job since February 2017 and was on contract through the Paris Olympics. He conveyed his will to leave last Saturday and the search for his successor is under way, according to the JHA.In October, Sigurdsson guided Japan to its first Olympics as a non-host nation since 1988 af…READ FULL ARTICLE