Day three of the World Mixed Doubles Championship saw another three round-robin sessions take place. Group A played twice, with Switzerland following up a 10-3 morning win over Türkiye in just six ends, with an 8-4 win over Estonia, they remain unbeaten at the top of the rankings, on five wins. Italy also had two wins and sit in second place on four wins and one loss. They beat Türkiye by 8-3 in their evening game after beating Japan by 8-2. Behind these two front-runners, four teams – Estonia, Germany, Japan, and Norway all share third place.  Norway beat Germany by 7-4 in ..read more

“It’s a cool experience!” – that’s the thought of Jonathan Ochoco, skip of the Philippines men’s senior team, speaking about their debut at the World Senior Championships.  This Philippines team – skip Jonathan, third Peter Garbes, second Alastair Onglingswan, lead Joselito Cruz and coach Micha Suarez – is the second team to represent Philippines at a World Curling event.  The backstory Philippines became a World Curling Member Association at the 2023 Congress and their newly-formed men’s team competed in the Pan Continental Championships 2023 in Kelowna, Canada. They finished second ..read more

The European Curling Championships 2024 C-Division is about to get underway in Dumfries, Scotland. The event will begin on Sunday (28 April) and run until Saturday (4 May). Ten women’s and eight men’s teams will compete for medals and also for promotion to the European Curling Championships 2024 B-Division. The women’s field consists of Belgium, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and Wales. The participating men’s teams are: Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Israel, Romania and Slovenia. The event will be played at the Dumfries ..read more

By the end of Sunday’s action at the World Mixed Doubles Championship, both groups had completed the first three of their round-robin games. Group A has two joint leaders – in the shape of undefeated Estonia and Switzerland –, while in Group B there are also two joint leaders – Canada and Sweden –, all on three wins and no losses. Group A only played once on Sunday and in this session, Estonia were up against Spain. In the fifth end of this game, already holding a 4-2 lead, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee scored two points to increase Estonia’s lead to 6-2. They then went on to win by 10-2 in just six ..read more

Saturday’s first day of round-robin action at the World Mixed Doubles Championship saw the ten Group A teams play twice, while Group B had just one game. After these first two games, Estonia, Germany and Switzerland share the Group A lead, each on two wins. Estonia followed up their 7-5 morning win over Türkiye with a 7-4 defeat of Japan. In their evening game, Estonia opened with a score of two in the first end and stole two in the seventh on the way to their win. Germany beat Denmark by 6-4 and then France by 9-5; while Switzerland defeated France by 8-4 in the morning and then were 8-4 winn ..read more

The World Curling championship spotlight moves to Sweden between 20 and 27 April when the Oestersund Arena plays host to the World Mixed Doubles Championship and World Seniors Championships. Oestersund is located in Jamtland, the middle of Sweden. The city is home to over 50,000 people and is the region’s cultural and economic centre. It is also one of Sweden’s best organisers of sports events, in a range of disciplines. Oestersund has welcomed numerous World Curling events since 1999: the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999, 2008 and 2012, the World Junior-B Championships in 2017, the ..read more

The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2024 is taking place from Saturday 20 until Saturday 27 April in Oestersund, Sweden. All games are available to watch on The Curling Channel. Event Pass – $USD 14.99 Day Pass – $USD 4.99 Game Pass – $USD 1.99 (no access to live games, only replays) Geo-blocking may be in place. Anyone who has a non-active session on The Curling Channel, please log out and back in to continue watching. Regarding any technical difficulties, get in touch via email: curlingchannelsupport@streamamg.com. Select games can be viewed internationally on the fol ..read more

Voting is now open for the LGT Top Shots – a look at the five best shots of the LGT World Men’s Curling Championship 2024. Cast your vote here until 15 April. The post Vote for the LGT Top Shot of the World Men’s! appeared first on World Curling ..read more

Olympic champions Sweden beat Canada by 6-5 in Sunday afternoon’s gold medal final to claim the LGT World Men’s Championship 2024 title. These two teams had emerged as the top two from the round-robin phase. As table-toppers, Sweden started this final with last-stone advantage. After blanking the first end, Sweden’s Niklas Edin opened the scoring in the second, taking two and then stealing a single in the third, to take a 3-0 lead. Sweden’s Niklas Edin and Oskar Eriksson © World Curling / Céline Stucki In the fourth end, Canada’s skip Brad Gushue played a hit to score two and reduce the Swedis ..read more

Although they had lost to Sweden in Saturday’s semi-finals, Italy had the consolation of picking up bronze medals in the LGT World Men’s Curling Championship 2024, with a 7-6 extra end win over Scotland. The Scots had lost their semi-final and their status as world champions to Canada in Saturday’s semi-final. In the first end, Scotland skip Bruce Mouat was facing five Italian counters when he opened the scoring with a draw for one point. Italy then responded in the second when their skip Joel Retornaz also played a draw for one, to level the score at 1-1. In the third end, Scotland’s Mouat on ..read more