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US women lose to Canada in curling bronze matchCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Canada beat the United States 10-7 to claim the women's curling bronze medal at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, as skip Rachel Homan ended her long wait for a medal.,Homan punched the air and embraced teammate Tracy Fleury after her counterpart Tabitha Peterson conceded ...

Women's curling: Swedes, Swiss to play for gold, US-Canada for bronzeCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Sweden advanced to the women's curling final at the Winter Olympics after beating reigning world champions Canada 6-3 and will take on Switzerland, who defeated the United States 7-4 at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Friday.,Rachel Homan's Canada were hoping to jo...

World champs Great Britain to play Canada for men’s curling goldCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- World champions Great Britain nabbed a steal of two in the final end to beat Switzerland 8-5 in a thrilling semifinal clash on Thursday in the men's curling competition at the Winter Olympics, setting up a final against Canada.,Switzerland appeared to have the upper hand ...

US, Canada women advance to Olympics curling semis

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Rachel Homan's Canada team beat South Korea 10-7 on Thursday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the women's curling competition at the Winter Olympics, where they will be joined by the United States.-,Both teams needed to win to lock in a place in the final four, and Ho...

Women’s curling: Sweden takes first loss to Canada but progresses to semis

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Anna Hasselborg and the Sweden curling team saw their unbeaten run at the Winter Olympics end on Tuesday when they lost 8-6 to Canada, but despite the defeat, other results meant they were able to seal their spot in the semifinals.,Sweden won its first six round-robin gam...

Men’s curling: Switzerland, Canada advance to semifinals

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Yannick Schwaller's Switzerland defeated champions Sweden 9-4 before beating Germany 8-4 on Tuesday to remain unbeaten in the men's curling competition and book their spot in the semifinals, where they will be joined by Canada.,The Swiss have won seven out of seven and to...

Double touching curling drama brings much-needed attention to the rink

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- An ugly cheating controversy which triggered an outburst of expletives in the usually genteel surroundings of the Olympic curling rink could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for a sport often ignored between Games.,On Friday, Sweden's men's team accused Canadian curl...

Perfect Swiss beat Britain, US tops Norway in men's curling

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Yannick Schwaller's Switzerland team downed world champions Great Britain to remain unbeaten in the men's curling competition at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.,The British rink, led by Bruce Mouat, pushed the Swiss hard and forced an extra end, but their opponents had the...