Canada men's curling remained undefeated in round-robin competition Friday during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but only after tension overheated on the ice. Following the ninth end of an 8-6 Canada victory over 2022 Olympic champion Sweden,

A curling match between Canada and Sweden on Friday erupted with profanity-laced back-and-forth over cheating allegations.

Cameras caught a testy NSFW exchange between the men’s Canadian curling team and Sweden during Friday’s matchup.

Friday will mark the first-ever meeting between the Czechs and Swedes at the Winter Games. The last time these two met in a major international competition came during the group stage of the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship, which saw Czechia win 3-0 on its way to the bronze medal.

Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek's two assists helped Czechia secure their first win of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The improvement that Sweden sensed is what the players spoke mostly about after the game and something they hope carries into their final Group B preliminary game, against undefeated Slovakia (2-0-0-0) on Saturday (6:10 a.m. ET; Peacock, CNBC, ICI TOU.TV, CBC Gem, SN, RDS).

Canadian curler Marc Kennedy got heated during the tail end of a curling match between Canada and Sweden at the Olympics.

Yuma Kagiyama entered tonight trailing Ilia Malinin by 5.09 points — and he’s going to have a difficult time catching him. Kagiyama didn’t have his cleanest performance in the free skate, stumbling lightly after a couple jumps on a night he needed to be both aggressive and perfect.

The Canadian and Swedish men's curling teams had a heated moment at the Olympics on Friday, as Sweden accused Canada of cheating.

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Sweden’s women are showcasing their dominance on the Olympic cross-country trails of northern Italy. With Frida Karlsson’s gold-medal performance on Thursday, the Swedes have now claimed seven of the nine medals awarded in women's races at the Milan Cortina Games.

The preliminary round is over. It’s time to play for a medal in women’s hockey at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.