Great Britain’s men scraped into the curling semi-finals on Thursday to keep their medal hopes alive, but the women fell agonisingly short after the curling round robin stage at the Winter Olympics 2026.

Luca Eze, who plays the bagpipes, says he started his career on the zampogna, a type of instrument common in central and southern Italy. In the Veneto region, it’s sometimes called a “piva,” and is played on Christmas and during other festivities.

If the U.S. women’s curling team wins the program’s first medal this weekend, it will be bronze. A win, to be sure, but a disappointment for Team Peterson. After edging Switzerland in the 11th end

Day 14 from Milan Cortina will see six more Winter Olympics gold medals awarded. It starts with freeski women’s ski cross and men’s aerials, before the men’s halfpipe competition concludes later. More medals will be handed out in speedskating too,

Here are some of the most unusual Winter Olympic sports in history, from ski ballet and military patrol to dog sled racing and skijoring.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — After a rocky two weeks of Olympic curling that included accusations of cheating and a profanity-laced rant, the Canadian men will play for the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games.

Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson hits Canadian nemesis Marc Kennedy with his most devastating barb yet as Lindsey Vonn shares an update on her recovery. Here are the quick hits from day 14 at the Winter Olympics.

Day 14 of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics brought major wins for the United States. Alysa Liu captured gold in women’s figure skating, and Megan Keller scored the overtime goal to defeat Canada in women’s hockey.

Sam Rothschild, the NHL’s first Jewish player, was also a curler. The CCA president and Northern Ontario booster once took an unknown Olympic shot

Winter Olympic curling semi-final schedule and results after Team GB qualify - Team GB’s men have scraped into the semi-finals but the women agonisingly missed out at Milano-Cortina 2026