Netherlands beat Wales, 10-3, in the women’s gold medal final of the European Curling Championships 2024 C-Division in Dumfries, Scotland. In the men’s final, Bulgaria defeated Israel by 7-4. These results mean that Netherlands women and Bulgaria men will participate in the European Curling Championships 2024 B-Division. Ten women’s and seven men’s teams competed in the Dumfries Ice Bowl from Sunday (28 April) until Saturday (4 May). In the women’s competition, Slovakia, Netherlands, Ukraine and Wales qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Wales beat Slovakia, 11-1, and Netherlands ..read more

Brother and sister Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa won gold for Sweden at the World Mixed Doubles Championship, beating Estonia by 8-4 in Saturday afternoon’s final. Estonia started with a steal of one in the first end, but the Swedes turned the tables after that, scoring two in the second end, and then stealing one more point in the third for a 3-1 lead. Sweden versus Estonia for gold © World Curling / Celine Stucki In the fourth end, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee played a hit-and-roll to score one point and reduce the Swedish lead to 3-2. In the fifth, Sweden improved their lead to 5-2 with a score of ..read more

It was a golden Canadian double at the World Senior Championships as both their women’s and men’s teams won their finals. The women beat Lithuania by 7-3, while the men took their title with a 4-3 last-stone win over United States. Scotland’s women won bronze with a 6-3 victory over Switzerland while Sweden’s men took bronze after beating Germany by 11-9. Women’s competition The Canadian women took control of their final early – a steal of two in the third end gave them a 4-1 lead at the half-time break, to win with a single point in the seventh end, by 7-3. This silver is a historic first Wor ..read more

Norway beat Switzerland by 6-5 on Saturday morning, to take the bronze medals at the World Mixed Doubles Championship 2024. Norway opened with last-stone advantage and took an early 1-0 lead in the first end.  Then, in the second, Switzerland’s Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann could only score one point rather than the two she was looking for, when her hit-and-roll attempt went too far. In the fourth end, with Norway now ahead by 2-1, Switzerland had a chance to score three but had to settle for two when their hit was a little off angle. The teams then went into the fifth end with Switzerland h ..read more

Canada’s women will play Lithuania for World Senior gold on Saturday morning, while the men’s final will see United States face Canada. In the women’s semi-finals on Friday evening, Canada beat Scotland by 10-3, thanks largely to a score of four in the second end. Canada celebrate their semi-final win © World Curling / Raleigh Emerson In the other semi-final Lithuania beat Switzerland by 5-2, to reach their first final ever, and guarantee Lithuania their first World Curling championship medal. To reach the men’s final, United States first beat Switzerland by 8-7 in Friday morning’s quarter-fin ..read more

Estonia will play Sweden in Saturday’s gold medal final, after they both won their semi-final games on Friday. Estonia beat Norway by 8-6 while Sweden were 6-3 winners over Switzerland. The bronze medal game between Norway and Switzerland will be staged on Saturday at 10:00. The final will take place at 14:00. Norway versus Estonia When the teams reached the fifth end of the semi-final, Norway held a 4-2 lead, but Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee then played a draw to score three and move her team onto a 5-4 lead. By the seventh end, Norway held the lead again, at 6-5 when Kaldvee played a gentle take ..read more

With the exception of New Zealand, the team with the longest journey home from the World Mixed Doubles Championship will be Australia.  But when it comes to the length of the journey being travelled to be competitive enough to get onto this stage in the first place, the Australians win hands down. Now, for a second Olympiad, Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt have been spending months and years away from home in pursuit of their curling dream. They have been living and practising in Canada on almost a full-time basis, determined to simply get better and better in their play.  The ..read more

After five days of round-robin play, the women’s teams at the World Senior Championships played their quarter-finals on Thursday evening. Following these game, the semi-final stage is set. In the quarter-finals, Switzerland faced Sweden, and won a tight game by 8-7 to move onto the semi-finals. They will now face Lithuania, who have made it to their first-ever semi-final, with an 11-1 victory over England. Meanwhile Canada beat Latvia by 12-0 in just six ends. They will now face Scotland, who beat Japan by 5-4 in their quarter-final. In the men’s competition, the quarter-final line-up is now s ..read more

The round-robin stage of the World Mixed Doubles Championship concluded on Thursday and, after yet another day of intense competition, the play-off scenario is now determined, as is the situation in the relegation zone. Group A The Group A teams were first to complete their round-robin programme and, on Thursday afternoon, Switzerland had their play-off qualification confirmed as they started their game against Japan.  There had been a remote possibility that – depending on results – Last Stone Draw figures could see them eliminated, but that disappeared before the game. In the seventh en ..read more

With qualification points for the 2026 Winter Games up for grabs, all 20 teams that came to Oestersund for the World Mixed Doubles Championship hoped that they would also be starting on an Olympic journey too. And, as the competition has unfolded, it is clear that some are making better progress on that journey than others. Given their performances during the week, Spain’s popular duo – Oihane Otaegi and Mikel Unanue – know only too well that they are among those with much work to do if they are to keep their Olympic campaign alive. After six losses, they finally managed to get a win, beating ..read more