Grand Slam of Curling

Brad Gushue has advanced to the championship final at the Grand Slam of Curling’s season-ending Players’ Championship. The St. John’s, N.L., quartet defeated Scotland’s Ross Whyte 6-5 in Saturday’s quarterfinals, then edged Scotland’s Bruce Mouat 6-5 in the evening semifinals. Gushue will face Italy’s Joel Retornaz in Sunday’s final. Retornaz  topped world men’s champion Niklas […]

Joel Retornaz  and his top-ranked Italian rink edged Scotland’s Ross Whyte 3-2 to win the men’s final at the Grand Slam of Curling’s W-F-G Masters in Saskatoon.  Retornaz is just the sixth men’s skip in Grand Slam history to win three tournaments in a row.  Earlier, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan beat Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 8-4 in […]

Ottawa’s Rachel Homan won the women’s title at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with an 8-4 victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in Sunday’s final. Homan’s team scored four in the third end to take a 4-1 lead. Tirinzoni chipped away to pull within one, but another big end for Homan, this time scoring […]

Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be carrying Canada’s hopes into Sunday’s finals at the WFG Masters Grand Slam of Curling at Merlis Belsher Place. Homan defeated Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg-based team 8-4 in Saturday night’s women’s semifinals to earn a berth in Sunday’s championship game. She’ll play Silvana Tirinzoni’s crew from Switzerland, who beat […]

Kerri Einarson and her foursome from Gimli, Man., scored a single in the eighth end to edge Delaney Strouse’s crew from Traverse City, Mich., 5-4 on Friday in the WFG Masters at Merlis Belsher Place. With the win, Einarson extended her playoff streak in the Grand Slam of Curling series to 11 events following the […]

Ottawa’s Rachel Homan remained perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 7-5 win over Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in Draw 10 action on Thursday. Homan had the hammer coming into the eighth and final end down 5-4, and responded with a three-point end to improve to 3-0. Hasselborg fell to 2-1. Winnipeg’s […]

Bruce Mouat’s team remains undefeated at the Grand Slam of Curling 2023 WFG Masters in Saskatoon. The Scottish team beat Team Edin 13-6 in draw five on Wednesday morning to preserve their undefeated streak. Team Carruthers, skipped by Reid Carruthers, beat Team Craik 8-3 to also preserve their undefeated status in the early draw and […]

Curling Canada’s 29-page return-to-play document is being reviewed and scrutinized by curlers across the country. Matt Dunstone is one of those curlers and he has some questions when it comes to sweeping. “There are some manageable changes, but the rule calling for just one sweeper now is a bit of an adjustment.” Dunstone said. “I […]

Sportsnet is trimming its six-stop Grand Slam of Curling circuit to just two events next season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The network, which owns and operates the top-flight curling series, said Wednesday that three Canadian stops will not be held this fall as scheduled. The circuit’s American debut in January was also scrubbed. Instead […]

The venue may change, but the winners seemingly don’t. The Grand Slam of Curling saw familiar winners when the Canadian Open ended in Yorkton on Sunday as Brad Jacobs and Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg each won their third straight event. Jacobs beat John Epping 6-5 to win the event and take home first place prize money […]