Thomas Gase Guide: Local Playoffs and Controversial Curling?

Thomas Gase Guide: Local playoffs and controversial curling?

Some of the biggest sports controversies of all time include the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, the 2017 Houston Astros sign-stealing, the New England Patriots’ Deflategate, and Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal. This week we got another one with … Olympic curling? I thought I had seen it all 14 years ago when eight female doubles players from South Korea, Indonesia, and China were disqualified for deliberately trying to lose in Olympic badminton. But t…

Canada Embroiled In Major Cheating Scandal At Winter Olympics

Fresh allegations rocked the Winter Olympics curling sheet as Team Canada’s men found themselves staring down a second claim of “double-touching” in as many days at the Milan Cortina Games. The latest accusation came from Team Switzerland during Saturday’s round-robin matchup, piling onto a similar protest lodged by Team Sweden the day before. That earlier dispute spiraled into a heated, expletive-laced exchange caught by broadcast microphones. …

A curling scandal rocks Olympic ice

Allegations of cheating and swearing on the curling ice have rocked the sport after the Swedes accused the Canadians of "double touching" in a match. What happened then, and what's happened since?

Winter Olympics curling cheating row escalates further after Canada caught again as VAR debate rages on

The 2026 Winter Olympics has been engulfed by an extraordinary curling scandal, transforming one of sport's most genteel disciplines into a cauldron of accusations, profanity and international tension