Curling is a team sport played on a strip of ice 45 meters long and five meters wide, where two opposing teams battle to see who can slide granite stones toward a target, or house as defined by the World Curling Federation. Each house consists of four rings which help define which curling stones are closest to the center, known as the button.
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
Team GB will be captained by Bruce Mouat. He is the Scottish skip who has led his team to two world championship titles, four European championship titles and twelve Grand Slam titles. He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics and is a former World Mixed Doubles Champion.
Once again, curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics will consist of three events: mixed doubles, men’s, and women’s, which will take place over 19 days of competition. The round-robin competition will start a few days before the actual opening ceremony, when the first mixed-doubles match takes place on Wednesday, February 4.
Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets.
The Americans have made it to the final four on the rink, as they are one of the four teams competing for a spot in the gold medal match in Mixed Doubles Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Winter Olympics are here! Our KSHB 41 morning team went out and tried curling, one of the Olympic sports you'll see during the Milan Cortina Games.
Day 3 of the 2026 Winter Olympics has been a busy one, with five gold medals handed out. The first gold went to Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud in the women's freeski slopestyle as she defended her title.
We’re well into the first week of the Games and it’s time for the women’s curling competition to get underway.