What is Curling?
[[File:Curling Canada Torino 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Curlers at the [[Winter Olympic Games]]]] [[File:12-01-20-yog-674.jpg|thumb|''Delivering'' a curling stone]] '''Curling''' is a [[sport]] played on [[wikt:ice|ice]]. Players slide ''curling stones'' on the ice towards a [[wikt:target|target]], called the ''house''. There are two teams with four players on each team. Each team slides eight stones, this is called an ''end''. After an end the team with the stone closest to the centre of the house (target) scores points. The game is over after eight or ten ends. The team with the most points is the winner. The player sliding the stone can make it turn or ''curl'' slowly. Two other players on the team sweep the ice in front of the stone with brooms. This is to make the stone stop in the right place. Curling is played at the [[Winter Olympics]].<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/curling/news?slug=dw-curling021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Wetzel, Dan. (February 19, 2010) ''Don’t take curling for granite'' Yahoo! Sports.]</ref> ==History== Curling was invented in [[Scotland]] in [[medieval]] times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curators' Favorites: Museum Online Collections from the Wisconsin Historical Museum |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/002022.asp |access-date=2014-02-23 |archive-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105084908/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/002022.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was played outside in the winter because there was lots of ice. Today curling is played all over [[Europe]] and in many other countries such as [[Canada]], the [[United States]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Associations Archive|url=https://worldcurling.org/member-associations/|access-date=2022-06-13|website=World Curling Federation|language=en-GB}}</ref> Curling was played at the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1998. ==Equipment== [[File:Curlingsheet.jpg|thumb|left|A curling sheet showing the house.]] The