Canada accused of cheating again in curling row

‘I told him where to stick it’ – Canada and Sweden in curling cheating row Media caption, Tensions rise in the curling after Sweden accuse Canada of double-tapping their stonesByRichard WintonBBC Sport in CortinaPublished14 February 2026, 08:30 GMTUpdated 5 hours agoElite sport is tense, fraught and competitive. But still, you don’t expect a curling match to descend into finger-pointing, swearing and accusations of cheating.When the men’s rinks of Canada and Sweden met at the Winter Olympics in Cortina on Friday, tempers became frayed. The Swedes believed one of the Canadians was repeatedly double-touching some of his stones – releasing the handle at the appropriate time but then giving the stone another little prod with his finger to correct its course. Sweden skip Niklas Edin raised it with the officials between the second and third ends and the row quietly simmered away as the contest unfolded. Then, going into the last end, irritation turned to anger. Gestures were made before Canada’s Marc Kennedy and Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson began swearing at each other across the sheet.”I don’t like being accused of cheating after 25 years on tour and four Olympic Games,” mentioned Kennedy, who was given a warning for foul language. “So I told him [Eriksson] where to stick it. “He might have been upset that he was losing…”Canada went on to win 8-6, leaving the 2022 gold medal-winning Swedish rink without a win in their first three games.Day-by-day guide to the Winter Olympics