Canada’s mixed doubles curling team failed to reach the Olympic semifinals, a result that would have stunned fans of the sport just a decade ago, South Korea’s 9-5 victory Sunday night was the Canadians’ fifth consecutive defeat and knocked them out of contention.

For the Big Three in hockey, anything less than outright victory is an utter failure — and what a shame that is.

The United States stunned arch-rivals Canada 5-0 at the Milano Cortina Games on Tuesday, and Finland beat Switzerland 3-1 in the other Group A game of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament.Germany

Canada, Finland, Czechia and Slovakia won Friday's men's hockey games at the 2026 Olympics. Switzerland's Kevin Fiala left the ice on a stretcher.

MILAN — Sweden pulled off a stunning upset over the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, on Friday in the Olympic women’s hockey tournament quarterfinals. The 2-0 win by the Swedes eliminates the Czechia,

Slovakia will aim to improve to 3-0 at the Olympics on Saturday when it faces a Sweden team coming off a disappointing loss to rival Finland. After failing to show up on Friday, my Sweden vs. Slovakia predictions expect the Swedes to show up with a big effort.