Curling

Curlers at the Winter Olympic Games

Curling is a sport played on ice. It is played by sliding granite stones, also called rocks or stones, towards a bullseye, called a house, marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, and a team can score points by getting its rocks closer to the center of the house than its opponent's nearest stone. The teams play games that are separated by periods, called ends, and at the end of the game, the team with most points wins.