Canada’s men’s and women’s curling teams faced double-touch accusations at the 2026 Winter Olympics, sparking controversy.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The gold medal sealed. The accusations of cheating overcome. It was time for Marc Kennedy to let loose. So the curler at the center of one of the biggest scandals that the sport has ever experienced leapt atop the boards lining the ice sheets and pumped his right fist as a wide smile flashed across his 44-year-old face.

It’s only cheating if you get caught — and the Swedish aren’t letting Canada slide on this one. Oskar Eriksson, a curler for Team Sweden, accused Canadian rival Marc Kennedy of cheating during the 2026 Olympic Games,

The double-touching scandal that plagued his country's curling team was like "a foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball," the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee said.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Canada's women's curling team at the Milan Cortina Olympics was accused Saturday of the same violation that prompted an expletive-laden outburst from a Canadian men's curler a day earlier.

Canada's medal count stands at 20 after the last full day of competition at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Games. Canada's men's curling team won gold against the top-ranked team

The penultimate day of the 2026 Winter Olympics is a big one for Canada's curlers. Brad Jacobs claimed gold, while Rachel Homan won a bronze medal

MILAN (AP) — The double-touching scandal that plagued his country’s curling team was like “a foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball,” the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee said on Sunday.