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Canada Sweden spat overshadows curling

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A row between Sweden and Canada over an alleged double‑touch continued to overshadow Olympic curling after Canada beat Britain 9–5, with Marc Kennedy later admitting he insulted Oskar Eriksson.

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Is Scotland’s most recent gold women’s curling?
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM

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Czech curlers celebrate like champions after claiming first Olympic win reut.rs/4qKfgR9
Czech curlers celebrate like champions after claiming first Olympic win
When Lukas Klima and his Czech Republic team erupted in celebration after beating Germany on Tuesday, you could be forgiven for thinking they had just clinched Olympic gold.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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ICE dancing is not just for the Olympics.
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM

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The origins of #curling, one of many highlights of the #winterolympics, stretch back to sixteenth-century Scotland. Here are some curlers taking to the ice in Scotscraig, near Tayport, Fife in the 1890s.

Image Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Library, ID CMD-2.
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Dutch basketball is co-ed. That seems strange until you realise that this is the only court where fundamental Christians can mingle with the opposite sex.

Draw your own conclusions about curling (or petanque sur glace, as it should be called).
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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You expect a lot of hot people at the Olympics but curling has been a genuine (and pleasant) surprise in this way.
February 17, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Have you met curling?
February 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM

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