Spanish curling club waiting for ice since 1540

A curling team in a mountain town near Barcelona claims to have invented the sport — one year before the Scots — nearly 500 years ago. But the evidence for this is sketchy at best, as is the seriousness of the team itself. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Vallvidrera, Spain.

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