Canadian Curler Drops Cocky Message After Winning Gold Amid Cheating Allegations Marc Kennedy and Team Canada clinched a gold medal despite cheating allegations at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Sports Illustrated · Feb 23
Highs, lows and halfpipes: the Guardian’s most memorable Winter Olympics moments Curling cursing, podium camaraderie and stunning speed on skis linger for our writers after an astonishing Games The Guardian - UK · Feb 23
Team GB’s curlers condemned to second successive Olympic heartbreak in Canada defeat Canada won their third Olympic gold in five Games, while for Team GB it was an agonising silver again after the same result in Beijing The Independent UK · Feb 21
How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition Team GB have won three golds at Milano-Cortina and the men’s curling team, desperate to upgrade their silver medal from Beijing, could add a fourth – but only after a nail-biting round-robin which nearly left them empty-handed The Independent UK · Feb 20
Canadian curling team play victim at Winter Olympics accusing Swedish team of concocting ‘a premeditated plan to try to catch us’ Marc Kennedy is mad at the Swedish team for being a stickler for the rules. We Got This Covered · Feb 19
First Thing: Obama, Clinton and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson, ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’ Democratic former presidents and Donald Trump respond to the death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84. Plus, how worried should we be about China’s dancing robots? The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
From cursing curlers to comeback: is Canada on the turnaround after slow Olympic start? The Canadians began the Milano Cortina Games with a cheating scandal and a gold drought. In the second week of action, it’s woe Canada no more The Guardian - US · Feb 18
‘The whole spirit of curling is dead’: meltdown on the ice as ruckus rumbles on The row between Sweden and Canada over an accusation of a double-touch continues to cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics The Guardian - UK · Feb 17
GB curlers slump to defeat against Canada to leave semi-final qualification on a knife edge Team GB fell to an embarrassing 9-5 defeat by Canada, leaving them with a must-win tie against the USA on Wednesday and needing other results to go their way in order to make the semi-finals The Independent UK · Feb 17
A cheating claim violated the 'spirit of curling' at the Olympics. The sport is moving on Global interest in curling surged when a cheating controversy erupted at the Winter Olympics The Independent UK · Feb 17
Cheating row at Winter Olympics challenges curling's culture of trust A cheating row over "double-touching" has rattled curling at the Winter Olympics, testing the sport's culture of trust and self-officiating. Euronews · Feb 17
Is there such a thing as bad publicity? At the Olympics, curling is finding out ... probably not Curling is hoping to take advantage of its moment in the Olympic spotlight The Independent UK · Feb 16
The ‘cheating’ accusations, secret filming, and curling scandal engulfing the Winter Olympics Great Britain will have to beat Canada, the team at the centre of furious cheating accusations at the Winter Olympics, to keep their hopes of a medal alive on Tuesday The Independent UK · Feb 16
Olympics Make Major Change After Canada Was Accused Of Cheating By Multiple Countries Team Canada athletes were accused of double-touching the curling stone past the boundary line. Meanwhile, Canada claims it is the victim of a “premeditated and planned” scheme. Bored Panda · Feb 16
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16 Winter Olympics briefing: Great Britain are on a golden roll as records tumble If the Sunday already felt golden under the alpine sun for Team GB, it only glittered brighter after dark
The Independent UK · Feb 15 Olympics curling controversy escalates as Britain accused of infraction The allegations had been limited to Canadian curlers, who represent one of the world's most fervent fan bases
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Winter Olympics briefing: Pinheiro Braathen writes Brazilian fairytale Brazil’s president hails ‘unprecedented result’ as 25-year-old wins first Winter Olympic medal for country and continent
Sports Illustrated · Feb 14 Mics Caught Canada’s Rachel Homan Denying Cheating Amid Olympic Curling Controversy Homan was penalized for double touching the stone in Canada’s loss to Switzerland on Saturday.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 14 Canadian Curler Curses Out Sweden Over Cheating Allegations: A Full Breakdown of the Fallout Friday’s round robin match between Canada and Sweden was quite the controversial one.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14 Canada’s curling war of words with Sweden escalates after warning over ‘F-bomb’ The Canadian curler at the centre of a cheating row at the Winter Olympics has denied any wrongdoing, accusing the Swedish team of trying to ‘catch us in the act’