Tag: Anna Hasselborg
CURLING Preview: Star-studded World Cup Grand Final in Beijing, including John Shuster’s rink for...
The finale of the first season of the World Curling Federation’s World Cup circuit comes this week in Beijing (CHN), with eight teams invited...
CURLING: Sweden tops Canada at World Mixed Doubles Champs, as U.S. takes bronze
The enormous, 48-team World Curling Mixed Doubles Championship finally ended in Stavanger (NOR) with three familiar teams at the top of the standings: Sweden,...
CURLING Preview: Hasselborg and Shuster headline World Mixed Doubles Champs in Norway
Maybe curling is getting TOO popular.
That’s one conclusion you could draw from the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship, getting ready to start on Saturday...
CURLING: Upset wins for Bottcher and Einarson in Players Championship
The final “regular season” tournament of the Grand Slam of Curling showcased some of the biggest names in curling, but it was the lesser-known...
CURLING Preview: Final “regular season” tournament in Grand Slam of Curling in Toronto for...
The first five legs of the Grand Slam of Curling act as qualifiers for the Champions Cup and the last chance to get into...
CURLING: Swiss claim Women’s Worlds in Silkeborg on final shot of the tournament
Switzerland returned to the top of women’s curling for the first time in three seasons with a hard-fought, 8-7, victory over Olympic champion Anna...
CURLING Preview: Hasselborg the favorite at 2019 Women’s World Championship in Denmark?
The 40th edition of the World Curling Federation’s world championship for women starts on Saturday in Silkeborg (DEN) and runs through the 24th of...
CURLING: Korean women pull upset to win third WCF World Cup in Sweden
Let’s face it, Canada will be the favorite in almost any international match, so it was not too big a surprise to see two...
CURLING Preview: Third World Cup underway in Jonkoping
The inaugural season of the World Curling Federation’s World Cup has started its second half, with a competition in Jonkoping (SWE) for men and...
CURLING Preview: Carey and de Cruz try to defend titles at Canadian Open
The fifth of seven stops on the Grand Slam of Curling schedule is the Meridian Canadian Open, being held at the Civic Centre in...
CURLING Preview: Second World Cup comes to Omaha
The second leg of the World Curling Federation’s new World Cup tour is getting ready at the Ralston Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, with competition...
THE BIG PICTURE: ANOC resolves its presidential dilemma, at the request of Sheikh...
The drama over the withdrawal of Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah from his duties as the head of the Association of National Olympic Committees was settled – for now – on Wednesday. The ANOC General Assembly, meeting in Tokyo, approved the postponement of its election for President, with Sheikh Ahmad the only candidate. Until the […]
CURLING: Epping completes career Grand Slam with Masters win
It took 11 seasons, but Canada’s John Epping finally got his career Grand Slam in the Grand Slam of Curling circuit with a win...
CURLING: Olympic champs Gushue and Hasselborg win Elite 10
The opening tournament of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling ended up with familiar faces on the top of the standings, with skips Brad Gushue of Canada and Anna Hasselborg of Sweden leading the winning teams once again. Gushue, who skipped the 2006 Olympic champs for Canada, won a tense duel with Reid Caruthers’ rink, […]
CURLING: Canada sweeps first-ever World Cup
Canada is Curling’s traditional power, so it’s fitting that Canadian teams won the men’s women’s and Mixed Doubles divisions in the first leg of the first edition of the World Curling Federation’s World Cup, in Suzhou (CHN). The format was tough: only the group winners advanced to play in the final! As it turned out, […]
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