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Muirhead, Jenn Dodds, Vicky Wright and Hailey Duff won the Olympic Qualification Event

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IT is fitting that Jen Dodds’ earliest Olympic memory is of watching Rhona Martin skip her team to that famous gold medal in 2002.

Team Mouat and Team Muirhead both beat Sweden in their respective gold-medal matches in Lillehammer

Scotlands curlers made history with a double gold at the European Championship, Brad Hall continued his fine form in the bobsleigh before Andrew Musgrave mounted a comeback in the cross-country skiing.

Scotland's Bruce Mouat and Eve Muirhead won the men's and women's gold medals at the European Curling Championships for the first time in the same year today in Lillehammer, defeating two of the best teams of the 21st century, both from Sweden.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper and Crazy Rich Asians' Nico Santos join Luke Grimes and Blythe Danner in new Netflix movie Happiness for Beginners.

Canadas path to gold at the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship It’s been a marathon, but the seventh and final event of the Calgary curling bubble has arrived. Now, after so many terrific moments and storylines, it all wraps up with the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship. Take a closer look at Canadas path to gold at the Womens Worlds with TSN.cas preview. Ryan Horne, TSN Team Kerri Einarson , Curling Canada It’s been a marathon, but ...

Three years ago, Ron Mozart, was given two years to live, but has “managed to keep going”. The 61-year-old, from West Heslerton, in North Yorkshire, had to retire as headmaster of a secondary school in 2016, but has picked up his music career, writing and recording material for three albums and four singles. Mr Mozart has been playing the piano and guitar since 1969 and the saxophone since 1973. In 1978, he was offered a recording contract, but declined, opting for a career in teachin...

Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse (Naim): “Bahraini-British performer, Yazz Ahmed, is transforming what jazz means in 2017. This trumpet and flugelhorn-playing artist has worked with Radiohead and These New Puritans, experiments with electronic effects, and combines sounds from her shared heritage to author a new narrative for the genre. Part of the new wave of artists credited with stirring up the sound, including Kamasi Washington, Yussef Kamaal, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming, Yazz Ahmed...