A person sliding the stone down the ice is easy enough to comprehend, but when the sweepers begin vigorously brushing the ice in front of it to help guide the stone without touching it, that’s when most of the excitement -- and confusion -- begins.

Learn how Olympic curling works — explore the event formats (men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles), the structure of round-robin play, tiebreakers, playoff advancement and key rules for each format at the Winter Olympics.

Curling dates to the 1700s and was among the handful of sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. It didn’t return until the 1998 Games with both men’s and women’s competition. It has grown in popularity and size: Curling will be the first sport ...

Curlers from across Scotland will come together to compete in the world's single biggest curling match on Saturday. The Indoor Grand Match involves thousands of curlers from across the country and is held every five years but this is the first time the ...