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Great Britain will have to beat Canada, the team at the centre of furious cheating accusations at the Winter Olympics, to keep their hopes of a medal alive.

During the Canada-Sweden match, accusations of cheating surfaced after footage showed Canada’s Kennedy appearing to touch the stone with a lingering finger right at the hog line.

Canada’s men’s team denied any wrongdoing, but a viral video fuelled the controversy.

World Curling quickly reminded teams of the rules: you can retouch the handle before the hog line as much as you want, but any touch after the line means the stone is out of play.

With no video replay system in place, decisions made during the game are final.

World Curling tried to increase officiating, but teams were furious at how their deliveries were being overly scrutinised, at a level never before seen at a major international tournament.

This bitter backlash from athletes led to a reversal.

Now, teams can only request an umpire to watch the other side.

The drama deepened as Sweden was accused of secretly filming Canada, raising questions about fair play.

Bruce Mouat’s side have now lost three matches and they will likely have to beat Canada to get through to the semi-finals to keep their medal hopes alive.

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