Curling – Brandon Sun

Switzerland's Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel competes during a men's curling bronze medal match between Norway and Switzerland, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Shield Curling Club tops Typhoon Curling Club to win inaugural Rock League title

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Sunday, Apr. 12, 2026

TORONTO - Shield Curling Club won the inaugural Rock League championship, defeating Typhoon Curling Club 2-1 on Sunday at Mattamy Athletic Centre.

After Anna Hasselborg led Typhoon to a 7-5 win in the women's game, Shield captain Brad Jacobs led his side to an 8-7 win in the men's game.

In the final game, a mixed doubles match, Marlee Powers and Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel came back to score two in the eighth end to tie it at 7-7 and force a draw-to-the-button shootout to determine the winner.

Tori Koana went first for Typhoon, with her shooter rolling deep to the back of the eight-foot circle. Schwarz-van Berkel then placed it right on the button to pull out the victory.

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Typhoon, Northern round out Rock League semis alongside Alpine and Shield

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Typhoon, Northern round out Rock League semis alongside Alpine and Shield

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Apr. 11, 2026

TORONTO - Typhoon Curling Club needed to score just seven points combined across its pair of mixed-fours games against Northern United and got the job done Saturday night.

The two will meet again in one of two semifinal games on Sunday in the Rock League. Alpine Curling Club and Shield Curling Club will meet in the other, having also qualified Saturday.

The final is set for late Sunday afternoon at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre.

Typhoon’s Anna Hasselborg scored a deuce in the fifth end to take a 5-2 edge, leaving it to Niklas Edin to secure the playoff berth. Edin, trailing 2-1 at the time on the other sheet, scored one more in a 5-2 loss, doing just enough to get Typhoon into the semifinals.

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Saturday, Apr. 11, 2026

Switzerland's Alina Paetz in action during the women's curling round robin session against Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Shield Curling Club sweeps Maple United to land atop Rock League standings

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Shield Curling Club sweeps Maple United to land atop Rock League standings

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Friday, Apr. 10, 2026

TORONTO - Shield Curling Club earned the third sweep of the week in Rock League curling action Friday, defeating Maple United 3-0 to climb atop the standings heading into the weekend's playoffs.

Shield (3-2, 3.5 points) is in a three-way tie with Alpine (3-2, 3.5 points) and Northern (3-2, 3.5 points) but holds the tiebreaker thanks to an advantage on points scored with 102.

Teams get one point for a win, plus an extra half-point for a sweep.

Shield will take on Maple, Alpine Curling Club faces Frontier Curling Club and Northern United matches up against Typhoon Curling Club in the opening round of the playoffs on Saturday. The semifinals and final of the inaugural event will be played Sunday at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre.

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Friday, Apr. 10, 2026

Sweden's Niklas Edin in action during the men's curling round robin session against Switzerland, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Mouat leads Northern to sweep of Typhoon in curling’s Rock League

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Mouat leads Northern to sweep of Typhoon in curling’s Rock League

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, Apr. 9, 2026

TORONTO - Northern United rebounded from being on the wrong side of the first sweep in Rock League history with a sweep of its own in a win over the Typhoon Curling Club on Thursday afternoon.

A day after getting swept by Alpine Curling Club, Bruce Mouat's Northern team improved to 3-1 in the league's inaugural event.

Mouat led Northern's men to a 10-4 win over Typhoon's Niklas Edin.

Kristin Skaslien and Yannick Schwaller downed Tori Koana and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 8-5 in mixed doubles action, and Isabella Wrana's women's team won a draw shot challenge shootout after finishing tied 6-6 with Anna Hasselborg after seven ends.

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Thursday, Apr. 9, 2026

Britain's Bruce Mouat, centre, competes during a men's curling gold medal match between Britain and Canada, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Alpine moves to top of the table after first-ever Rock League sweep

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Alpine moves to top of the table after first-ever Rock League sweep

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2026

TORONTO - Team Alpine completed the first-ever sweep in curling's Rock League with a 3-0 win over Team Northern in Wednesday's early match.

Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson clinched the sweep with an 8-7 extra-end win over Giulia Lacedelli and Rasmus Wrana in mixed doubles action.

Alina Paetz skipped Alpine's women's team to a 4-3 win over Northern's Isabella Wrana, while Joel Retornaz led the men's team to an 8-3 victory over Bruce Mouat.

Team Frontier beat Team Maple 2-1 in Wednesday's afternoon draw, while Team Typhoon handed Team Shield a 2-1 loss in the late match.

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Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2026

Italy's Joel Retornaz yells during the men's curling round robin session against Britain, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Northern United early leader in curling’s Rock League

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Northern United early leader in curling’s Rock League

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026

TORONTO - Northern United, captained by Scotland's Bruce Mouat, won a second game in a row to lead curling's Rock League on Tuesday.

Northern United beat Shield, captained by Canada's Brad Jacobs, 2-1 in their match to top the six-team standings at 2-0.

The Rock League is a new event from The Curling Group, which also owns the Grand Slam series and has Olympic gold medallists John Morris and Jennifer Jones as its strategic advisers.

The inaugural event at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre runs until Sunday. The competition offers US$250,000 in prize money, with $100,000 going to the winning team.

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Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026

Maple United captain and women's skip Rachel Homan (right) discusses strategy with her third Xenia Schwaller (left) in a Tuesday, April 7, 2026 handout photo during a Rock League game against Typhoon at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout, The Curling Group, Anil Mungal (Mandatory Credit)

Rock League launches, shakes up curling teams and introduces new formats

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Rock League launches, shakes up curling teams and introduces new formats

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026

TORONTO - The Rock League launched Monday in Toronto with a bar right next to a curling sheet and frenemies as teammates.

The Rock League is a new event from The Curling Group, which also owns the Grand Slam series and has Olympic gold medallists John Morris and Jennifer Jones as its strategic advisors.

The inaugural event at the Mattamy Athletic Centre runs until Sunday. The competition offers US$250,000 in prize money, with $100,000 going to the winning team.

The format draws elements from golf's Ryder Cup, as well as the Continental Cup of Curling that ran from 2002 to 2020, which pitted North America against other regions.

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Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026

Team Jacobs skip Brad Jacobs delivers a stone during Canadian Olympic curling trials finals action against Team Dunstone in Halifax on Friday, November 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

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Sweden’s Edin beats Canada’s Dunstone 9-6 to win men’s world curling championship

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Sweden’s Edin beats Canada’s Dunstone 9-6 to win men’s world curling championship

The Canadian Press 5 minute read Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026

OGDEN, UTAH - Sweden's Niklas Edin claimed yet another men's world curling championship with a 9-6 win over Canada's Matt Dunstone on Saturday.

The 40-year-old Edin extended the record for world titles to eight in his career. He's also skipped Sweden to an Olympic medal of every colour.

But his team arrived in Ogden, Utah, coming off an uncharacteristic 2-7 record at the Olympic Games in February.

Edin, vice Oskar Eriksson, second Rasmus Wranaa and lead Christoffer Sundgren recovered their form for the world championship.

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Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026

Sweden's Niklas Edin delivers the rock during a gold medal match against Canada at the curling world championships, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Ogden, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)

Dunstone beats Scotland 9-7 in semis, will play for world men’s curling gold

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Dunstone beats Scotland 9-7 in semis, will play for world men’s curling gold

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Friday, Apr. 3, 2026

OGDEN - Canada's Matt Dunstone will be playing for a gold medal on Saturday at the world men's curling championship.

The Winnipeg-based team defeated Scotland 9-7 in a thrilling semifinal Friday evening, scoring a deuce in the ninth to go ahead 8-7 and then stealing one in the 10th to beat Ross Whyte's squad.

The teams were tied 3-3 after five ends, Scotland went up 5-3 in the sixth and Canada scored three in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead. Scotland responded with a deuce in the eighth to go ahead 7-6.

Earlier in the day, Canada defeated Italy's Stefano Spiller 9-7 in a qualification game.

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Friday, Apr. 3, 2026

Canada's Matt Dunstone delivers a stone during a quarterfinal match against Italy at the world men's curling championships on April 3, 2026, in Ogden, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)

Canada’s Dunstone wins eighth in a row to finish round-robin play at curling worlds

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Canada’s Dunstone wins eighth in a row to finish round-robin play at curling worlds

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026

OGDEN - Canada won its eighth game in a row but couldn't earn a direct berth to the semifinals at the men's world curling championship.

Matt Dunstone's Winnipeg-based team closed out round-robin play with a 7-5 extra-end win over Norway in the evening draw after beating Germany 9-2 earlier Thursday at the Weber County Ice Sheet.

Canada improved to 10-2, tied with Sweden and Scotland atop the preliminary-round standings, but finished as the third seed in a tiebreaker.

“That's exactly what we said after we dropped two on Saturday and Sunday, which feels like seven weeks ago — let's go 10-and-2,” said Dunstone. “And we did exactly that. Unfortunately, it didn't work out to get the bye (to) the semi, but we've won eight in a row. Obviously, we're doing a lot of things well.

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Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026

Britain team athletes sweep near the stone during the men's curling round robin session against United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

“Oh My! Oh My!” Longtime TSN curling broadcaster Vic Rauter to retire

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“Oh My! Oh My!” Longtime TSN curling broadcaster Vic Rauter to retire

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026

Brad Gushue still gets chills every time he watches the clip — with TSN's Vic Rauter on the call — of his famous shot to win his first Canadian men's curling championship in 2017.

"He really did a very good job of explaining the moment, explaining what was going on in the building. And he built it up even before I stepped in the hack," Gushue said. "Like it was just such a professional job. Not everybody can step in there and do what Vic did.

"Sometimes when you're just talking on TV, people think it's easy. But it only looks easy because he's so good."

Rauter, the voice of the network's curling coverage for more than 40 years, will retire after calling this week's world men's curling championship in Ogden, Utah.

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Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026

Former curling great Russ Howard, left, Vic Rauter, right, and Olympic curling silver medallist Cheryl Bernard, the TSN team at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, call the action from the broadcast booth at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Canada’s Dunstone wins sixth straight, qualifies for playoffs at men’s curling worlds

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Canada’s Dunstone wins sixth straight, qualifies for playoffs at men’s curling worlds

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026

OGDEN - Canada's Matt Dunstone secured a playoff spot on a two-win day at the world men's curling championship on Wednesday.

He edged Switzerland's Marco Hoesli 8-7 in the morning draw and extended his win streak to six games with a 9-5 victory over Czechia's Lukas Klima in the evening to improve to 8-2.

The five other playoff teams - Switzerland, Sweden, Scotland, Italy and host United States - also locked up spots before the start of the evening session.

Round-robin play continues through Thursday night.

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Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026

Matt Dunstone, skip of Team Manitoba-Dunstone releases his stone during the 1 vs. 2 playoffs at the Montana's Brier Canadian men's curling championship, in St. John's, N.L., on Saturday, March 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Dunstone’s Canadian crew rolling with 4 wins in a row at world curling championship

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Dunstone’s Canadian crew rolling with 4 wins in a row at world curling championship

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026

OGDEN - Canada's Matt Dunstone found his game and regained his mojo with two clutch wins at the world men's curling championship on Tuesday.

The Winnipeg-based team beat China 8-4 in the early draw, then crushed Sweden 10-3 in six ends in the evening draw at the Weber County Ice Sheet.

That leaves the Canadian crew with four straight wins and a 6-2 record, trailing only Switzerland (7-1) and Sweden (7-2) in the 13-team event. Scotland, which beat Germany 10-4 in the evening draw, is also 6-2.

“I think with the couple losses we had earlier in the week, maybe some people thought we could have been a bit of a vulnerable group,” said Dunstone. “I think what we did today kind of shuts that all down.

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Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026

Team Dunstone skip Matt Dunstone throws a rock during Canadian Olympic curling trials finals action against Team Jacobs in Halifax on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Dunston’e Winnipeg team rebounds with wins over Poland, Japan at men’s curling worlds

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Dunston’e Winnipeg team rebounds with wins over Poland, Japan at men’s curling worlds

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Monday, Mar. 30, 2026

OGDEN - Canada got back on track at the world men's curling championship with two wins on Monday, including a 9-2 rout of Poland in the early draw.

Matt Dunstone's Winnipeg squad then beat Japan 8-3 in the evening draw to improve to 4-2.

Dunstone went up 4-2 with a deuce in the fifth end against Konrad Stych of Poland, then stole three in the sixth and two in the seventh as the teams shook hands early.

Against Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi's crew from Japan, Dunstone scored four in the seventh end to grab a 7-3 lead. After Canada stole a single in the eighth the teams shook hands.

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Monday, Mar. 30, 2026

Matt Dunstone, Skip of Team Manitoba-Dunstone calls to his team during the Final against Team Alberta at the Montana's Brier Canadian men's curling championship, in St. John's, N.L., on Sunday, March 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Team Einarson adds two-time Olympian Peterman after roster shakeup

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Team Einarson adds two-time Olympian Peterman after roster shakeup

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Monday, Mar. 30, 2026

GIMLI - Team Einarson has added two-time Olympian Jocelyn Peterman as lead and vice days after overhauling its lineup following a runner-up finish at the world women’s curling championship in Calgary.

Peterman joins from Kaitlyn Lawes’s Winnipeg-based rink, where she played second since 2022.

Kerri Einarson's Gimli, Man. rink parted ways Thursday with longtime third Val Sweeting, coach Reid Carruthers and alternate Krysten Karwacki after the loss to Switzerland.

Einarson remains at skip with Shannon Birchard moving to third and Karlee Burgess to second.

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Monday, Mar. 30, 2026

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman competes during the mixed doubles round robin phase of the curling competition against Estonia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Canada loses 9-3 to U.S. for second straight loss at world men’s curling championship

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Canada loses 9-3 to U.S. for second straight loss at world men’s curling championship

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Sunday, Mar. 29, 2026

OGDEN, UTAH - It was another tough outing for Canada's Matt Dunstone at the world men's curling championship.

Dunstone's team suffered a 9-3 setback to John Shuster of the United States in seven ends Sunday. After opening the competition with two consecutive wins, the Canadians have now lost two straight after dropping an 8-3 decision to Scotland's Ross Whyte in eight ends Saturday night.

The Americans opened Sunday's contest scoring two in the first end before the Canadians cut the deficit to 2-1 through two. But the U.S. countered with two more in the third, and then after Canada scored one in the fourth, came back with four in the fifth for a commanding 8-2 advantage.

Dunstone's team added another single in the sixth but the Americans rounded out the scoring with their final point in the seventh and final end. The U.S. evened its record at 2-2 with the victory, but lost 5-3 to unbeaten Niklas Edin of Sweden in the evening draw to slip to 2-3. The Swedes top the field with a 5-0 record.

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