Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
The 2005 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2–10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship. The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.
Joël Thierry Retornaz is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022.
Diana Gaspari is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently coaches the Italian junior men's team.
The 2008 Baden Masters was the fourth time the Baden Masters curling event was held. It was held from September 5–7, 2008 and was the first event of the 2008–09 World Curling Tour season.
The European Junior Curling Challenge was an annual curling bonspiel held in the World Curling Federation's Europe zone. The challenge featured curlers under the age of 21 competing to qualify for a spot in the World Junior Curling Championships. Nations that participated were those which have not already qualified for the World Junior Championships. This event, as well as the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships were replaced by the World Junior B Curling Championships in 2016. That event currently serves as the qualifier for the World Junior Curling Championships.
Amos Mosaner is an Italian curler from Cembra. He is an Olympic gold medallist, having won the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Winter Olympics with partner Stefania Constantini.
Sebastiano Arman is an Italian curler from Cembra. He competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as alternate for the Italian team.
Veronica Zappone is an Italian curler from Volvera. She started curling in 2005.
Marlene Albrecht is a Swiss curler. She is the former lead for Silvana Tirinzoni and with this rink represented Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Simone Gonin is an Italian curler from Pinerolo.
Claudia Alvera is an Italian curler.
Fabio Alverà is an Italian curler and curling coach.
Federica Apollonio is an Italian curler.
Carlo Alessandro Zisa is an Italian curler and curling coach.
Valter Bombassei De Bona is an Italian curler.
Andrea Pavani is an Italian curler.
Stefano Morona is an Italian curler.
Enea Pavani was an Italian curler.
Giancarlo Valt is an Italian curler.
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