Get ready to hear an awful lot about goal differential the next few days. Because of the chaos in Group B in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament, it’s now highly likely that two of the best three teams in the event will face one another in a do-or-die quarterfinal next week. The reasons why come…
Tensions boiled over as Brad Jacobs’ Canada beat Sweden 8-6 in an intense round-robin curling game on Friday, with Niklas Edin’s team alleging that their opponents were double touching the stone during the contest. Trouble began early when the game was halted after Sweden claimed Canada’s curlers were touching the stone following release and asked…
Feb 13, 2026, 06:20 PM ET MILAN — Finland showed plenty of fight in reviving its Olympic campaign. Joel Armia scored a short-handed goal and the Finns outmuscled archrival Sweden in a 4-1 group stage victory Friday — 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold medal game at the Turin Games. Finland’s…
Men’s Curling Through two sessions of play, Great Britain ended Day 2 of men’s curling competition on Thursday as the only team 2-0. Team GB sits alone atop the standings, with three teams — Canada, Italy, and Switzerland — close behind at 1-0. Those four teams are the only ones going into Day 3 with…
MILAN — It was here in Italy, two hours away, 20 years ago, that the biggest game took place in the long rivalry between Team Sweden and Team Finland. One team is happy to look back entering the Sweden-Finland preliminary round game at Santagiulia Arena on Friday (6:10 am ET; Peacock, USA, ICI TOU.TV, CBC…
Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics included another eight gold medals being earned, headlined by Jordan Stolz of Team USA in the men’s speedskating 1,000-meter. The American phenom entered the event as a heavy favorite, living up to the hype by setting a new Olympic record en route to his first gold…
MILAN — William Nylander was in the lineup and Filip Gustavsson started in goal for Team Sweden against Team Italy in their opener of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Wednesday. Nylander, a forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs, participated in the morning skate after he missed practice Tuesday. Sweden coach Sam Hallam…
