Curling

Curling is often described as chess on ice.

But instead of rooks or pawns, custom-made stones and mini brooms are a curler's weapons of choice.

The result is enough tactical intrigue to keep all Kasparov wannabes fascinated.

Curling actually originated in 16th-century Scotland, but it took the gold medal heroics of Rhona Martin and her team in Salt Lake City in 2002 to bring the sport to a wider audience in the UK.

100 Years Ago

One hundred years ago, we sent our first athlete to an Olympic Games.

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