Curling is one of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics, an event of considerable skill and strategy, requiring steady nerves and intense precision. There are three medal events at Beijing ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." One of the very first sports to be showcased at Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics, curling may seem more ...

Those old Scots who hurled the first curling rocks down the frozen lochs more than 400 years ago could never have imagined what would happen to their game in the 21st century. Not only has technology ...

The first big curling event Saskatoon hosted was played by men in thick sweaters and balmoral caps, flogging the ice with straw brooms. They played 12 ends, with cigarette smoke so thick you couldn’t ...

GUELPH, Ont. — Here we go again: Broomgate is back at the WFG Masters with curlers calling to action over the latest sweeping technology. On the eve of the Grand Slam of Curling tournament, 30 of the ...

Broomgate 2.0 has finally been swept aside. After months of controversy, World Curling has made a decision to entirely ban firmer broom foams that many players said gave sweepers too much control of ...

Curling is a sport marked more by its politeness than its competitiveness, but in 2015, a seemingly simple change to a piece of equipment set off an uproar that still cuts deep for many in the sport.

PERTH - World Curling has tightened its sweeping equipment rules heading into the Olympic season. The move, announced Friday, follows concern over firmer broom foams that many players said gave ...

A champion curler says you may be hurrying hard all wrong. Eugene Hritzuk has been working with the University of Saskatchewan to study how curlers are using their push brooms. Hritzuk is a two-time ...

GUELPH, Ont. - A new chapter in a long-running curling sweeping saga came at an inopportune time for Team John Epping. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder ...