Sweden’s Anette Norberg has cemented her place in curling history. Norberg clinched her second straight Olympic gold medal, defending her title against Canada’s Cheryl Bernard 7-6 in extra ends at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Friday afternoon. Team Sweden, consisting of skip Norberg, third Eva Lund, second Cathrine Lindahl lead Anna Le Moine and alternate Kasja Bergstroem, [...] Continue Reading

Men’s hockey will be the focus for Canadians on Friday when Team Canada plays Slovakia in semifinal action. Canada will be looking to hold on to the momentum gained from a dominating 7-3 win over the Russians and Alexander Ovechkin.  Slovakia upset Sweden in the last quarterfinal Wednesday, and netminder Jaroslav Halak will be the key [...] Continue Reading

 Sweden skip Anette Norberg forced team China skip Wang Bingyu to concede after the ninth end, defeating the Chinese 9-4 in semifinal action of women’s curling on Thursday at the Vancouver Olympic Centre. The rematch of the 2009 World Championship was really no contest for the defending gold medallists from Turin 2006, who are now assured [...] Continue Reading

Canada finished off the women’s curling round robin in style, defeating Russia 7-3 to move their record to 8-1. Team Canada skip Cheryl Bernard is playing exceptionally well heading into the semi-finals, shooting 93 per cent in the win. Continue Reading

Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard clinched first place in the women’s curling round robin Tuesday, pulling out another dramatic win. Team Canada needed an extra end to defeat Great Britain and skip Eve Muirhead 6-5, despite stealing points in three straight ends following the fifth end break. Continue Reading

The Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team will play Germany on Tuesday for a chance to match up against the Russians in the quarter-finals. Continue Reading

It took just seven ends for Canada to defeat the Americans 9-2 in the women’s curling tournament on Sunday. Canada took an early lead, scoring six points in the first four ends. Cheryl Bernard remains the only undefeated skip in the tournament as Canada improved to 5-0 in round-robin action. The Americans fall to 2-6 while Canada [...] Continue Reading

Reigning world champion Bingyu Wang and her rink from China responded positively after losing their first game to Great Britain earlier Wednesday, and redeemed themselves by defeating Switzerland 8-6 in the third session of the curling round robin in Vancouver. “It’s all good,” China’s Canadian coach Dan Rafael told NBC. “We didn’t expect to go undefeated [...] Continue Reading

Marianne St-Gelais celebrated her 20th birthday by capturing the silver medal in the women’s 500m short track speed-skating final. The Roberval, Que. native gave Canada its sixth Olympic medal of the Vancouver Winter Games, capping off a busy day 6. Continue Reading

  Skip Cheryl Bernard scored two points in the final end giving Canada a 7-6 victory over Japan in a mistake-filled second game of the women’s Olympic curling round-robin. Canada is now 2-0 after the win, while Japan, led by skip Moe Meguro, fell to 1-1. In the eighth end, leading 5-4, Meguro made a critical error with [...] Continue Reading