CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Defending champion Sweden was eliminated from semifinal contention in the men's curling competition at the Winter Olympics with two matches to spare Tuesday after what skip Niklas Edin described as a “horrible week.

MILAN -- Team Sweden rolled into the quarterfinals of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 with a 5-1 win against Team Latvia on Tuesday. Sweden, the No. 7 seed, will face No. 2 seed Team USA on Wednesday (3:10 p.m ET; Peacock, NBC, ICI Tele, CBC Gem, CBC [JIP], SN, TSN [JIP]).

Why Sweden isn't playing Rasmus Andersson or Jesper Bratt in Olympics today vs. Latvia originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Sweden might be taking a risk. On Tuesday in their Olympics knockout matchup with Latvia, they aren't playing Rasmus Andersson or Jesper Bratt.

Sweden scratched two of their better players, Rasmus Andersson and Jesper Bratt, for an elimination game in the Olympics.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Defending men's curling gold medalist Sweden was pushed to the brink of elimination from the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday with a 7-3 loss to Germany. The loss was Sweden's fifth in six games of round-robin play,

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Luxembourg have opposed calls by other European governments to delay the EU's upcoming carbon market, as political pressure mounts for the bloc to curb energy costs,

Detroit Red Wings, Lucas Raymond will look to keep Team Sweden alive during the qualifying round of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games on Tuesday. Raymond and Team Sweden will face off against Team Latvia at 3:00 pm EST.

Sweden will now have to play a do-or-die game in the qualification playoffs on Tuesday in order to reach the quarterfinals on Wednesday.