Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the center of the target than the closest of the other team's stones. The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has led curling to be referred to as "chess on ice."

Origins and history

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The game was probably invented in late medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, in February, 1541. Two paintings (both dated 1565 ^*) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling (Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf).

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#Ticket Preise für die Olympischen Winterspielen 2018: Zwischen 32 € für Curling Vorrunden und 293 € für das Finale des Eishockey. #münchen
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#Ticket Preise für die Olympischen Winterspielen 2018: Zwischen 32 € für Curling Vorrunden und 293 € für das Finale des Eishockey. #münchen
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Why am I curling my hair just to put scrubs on? Beauty parlor time! Lol
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Why am I curling my hair just to put scrubs on? Beauty parlor time! Lol
Just saw some lady curling her eyelashes while driving....scary.
Blanquita09 (Blanca Castillo) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:13 -0000
Just saw some lady curling her eyelashes while driving....scary.
Shannon England ‘humbled and honoured’ to carry the #Olympic Torch: http://bit.ly/19J3gl #curling
curling (The Curling News) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:22:39 -0000
Shannon England ‘humbled and honoured’ to carry the #Olympic Torch: http://bit.ly/19J3gl #curling

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