Curling charms flying off shelves at shrine in Olympic bronze medalists' hometown
Miniature curling stone charms have become a sold-out success at a shrine in the hometown of the Japanese women's curling team which won bronze at the recent Pyeongchang Olympics. In addition ...
South Korea's 'Garlic Girls' fall short in bid for gold as Sweden claims curling title
The South Korean women's curling team ended their fairy tale campaign at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a silver medal, falling to heavyweight Sweden 8-3 in Sunday's final. Riding a wave ...
Japan women's curling squad triumphs over Great Britain in bronze-medal match
Japan's incredible run in women's curling culminated in a 5-3 win Saturday over Great Britain in the Pyeongchang Olympics bronze-medal match. With this win, Japanese skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her squad ...
South Korea's 'Garlic Girls' overpower Japan in curling semi
Skipper Kim Eun-jung and the South Korean women’s curling team continued an unlikely run at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday, beating Japan to progress to the gold-medal match. The team dubbed the "Garlic Girls" due to its members hailing from Uiseong, a town famous for ...
Switzerland beat Canada 7-5 to take men's curling bronze Friday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, sending the pre-tournament favorite home without a medal for the first time since the sport returned to the games in 1998. Canada's hopes of a fourth straight gold medal were ...
Japan's female curlers suffered an 8-4 defeat at the hands of Switzerland on Wednesday, but booked a spot in the semifinals with a 5-4 record at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the United States fell to Sweden in their round-robin match. Japan's men, however, failed ...
South Korea men end Japan's hopes of reaching curling playoff stage
The Japan men's curling team lost 10-4 to South Korea in a preliminary round match on Wednesday, ending its chances of advancing to the playoff stage at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Japan completed the round-robin stage with four wins and five losses. Led by skip Yusuke Morozumi, ...
The Japan men's and women's curling teams struggled on Tuesday, going down to powerhouses Canada and Great Britain, respectively, at the Pyeongchang Olympics. In the day's mid-session at the Gangneung Curling Centre, the women pushed the experienced British team but were outmaneuvered in the latter ...
Japan strengthened its chances of a semifinal berth in women's curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a gutsy 5-4 comeback win over Sweden on Monday night, rebounding from an 8-3 loss to Canada earlier in the day. The accuracy problems that cost skip Satsuki ...
Of all the questions surrounding reports of a Russian curler's alleged doping infraction at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the biggest is why? Why would an athlete in one of the Winter Games' least taxing and least physically demanding sports feel it necessary to use performance-enhancing drugs? Even ...
Japan's women's squad suffers second loss in curling tourney
The sixth-ranked Japanese women's curling team suffered its second loss of round-robin play Monday after an 8-3 defeat to Canada in the preliminary round at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In their sixth game at Gangneung Curling Centre, the Japanese foursome allowed Canada to get on ...
Japan cruised to its third win of the men's curling round robin with a resounding 8-2 victory over the United States on Sunday at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The two sides came into the match tied for fourth place with two wins and two losses apiece, ...
