Canadian men's curling team wins gold medal after being embroiled in cheating controversy

The Canadian men beat Britain for gold in Olympic curling Saturday 9-6 after brushing aside accusations of cheating during the round-robin phase at the Milan Cortina Games.

The chaos began Feb. 13, when Canada beat Sweden 8-6, and Canadian third Marc Kennedy and Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson got into it. 

Eriksson had accused Kennedy of an illegal procedure known as double-touching stones after releasing them at the hog line. Kennedy responded with expletives. 

Both sides appealed to officials, but no results were changed.