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The Guardian - UK
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Canada’s curling war of words with Sweden escalates after warning over ‘F-bomb’

Marc Kennedy releases a stone during Canada’s match against Sweden
Canada’s Marc Kennedy in action against Sweden during a bad-tempered Winter Olympics curling clash. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP

The Canadian curler at the centre of a cheating row at the Winter Olympics has denied any wrongdoing, accusing the Swedish team of deliberately trying to “catch us in the act”.

On Saturday, World Curling confirmed that Canada had escaped punishment despite being accused of breaking the rules in the 8-6 victory over Sweden on Friday night. However, the sport’s governing body did warn Canada about their abusive langugage and introduced emergency spot checks on Saturday afternoon to make sure teams were not cheating when releasing the stone.

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