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A brewing controversy is arising in the Olympic curling competition, involving accusations of cheating, denials involving F-bombs and an international governing body having to explain why it effectively relies on the honor system at times.

Rich Ruohonen, an alternate for Team USA men's curling, joined the Feb. 12 match, making history along the way.

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. The latest accusation in a controversy that has divided the curling community led to more tense moments on the ice at the Cortina Curling Center.

Interviewed before the Winter Olympics, the British curling competitors, Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat, joked that everyone would suddenly become an armchair expert on curling. I remember thinking that I wouldn’t be guilty of sofa punditry,

Catch up on all the action after Eileen Gu made the big air final and the U.S. men’s hockey team battled to victory

The American duo came back to beat Italy with their last stone of the match to advance to the gold medal game

In an email to teams on Saturday, World Curling clarified what is then permitted, saying that a double touch of the stone handle is permitted before the hog line but that “touching the granite at any time during the forward motion is not allowed”. Any infringement should result in that stone being removed.