<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> Curling <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Highest governing body </Th> <Td> World Curling Federation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First played </Th> <Td> Approximately late medieval Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Registered players </Th> <Td> est . 1,500,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Characteristics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Contact </Th> <Td> No </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Team members </Th> <Td> 4 or 3 per team (2 in mixed doubles) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mixed gender </Th> <Td> Yes; see mixed curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Precision and accuracy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Equipment </Th> <Td> Curling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Venue </Th> <Td> Curling sheet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Glossary </Th> <Td> Glossary of curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Presence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> First event in 1924 (retroactively made official in 2006). </Li> <Li> Demonstration sport in 1932, 1988 and 1992 . </Li> <Li> Officially added in 1998 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Paralympic </Th> <Td> Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier </Td> </Tr>

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