How to watch 2026 winter sports curling for free

Curling is scheduled for Feb. 4-22 and takes place in Cortina D’Ampezzo. The event kicks off a busy winter-sports calendar that also includes alpine skiing, figure skating, ice hockey and luge. Curling is the strategic sport in which players slide granite stones toward a circular target.

In the men's event, Sweden are defending champions, while Great Britain and Canada will be confident of taking gold. In the women's event, Great Britain will be looking to defend their crown against Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and South Korea. International curling will be available to live stream for free on a number of services: Australia — 9Now, Austria — ORF, Canada — CBC Gem, France — France TV, Germany — ARD, Ireland — RTÉ Player, Italy — RAI, Spain — RTVE and the UK — BBC iPlayer.

These free streams are geo-restricted, but a VPN can hide your IP address and connect you to a secure server in another location to access them from anywhere.

Italy, Cortina D'Ampezzo

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