Scotland soar to divisive win over the USA at men’s World Curling Championships, while Japan overcame New Zealand

Scotland stole victory from the palms of the USA with a placing 10-8 win on the World Curling Championships.

Down by two after eight ends, Bruce Mouat’s rink clawed their approach to a win with an all-important two-stone steal within the last finish.

With out the hammer, it was all techniques for Scotland, as they compelled a number of errors out of John Shuster’s crew and propelled themselves to a fourth win out of 5 video games.

Japan additionally secured a 10-5 win over New Zealand, sealing the deal in simply six ends after grabbing some massive scores early on.

With three factors straight out of the door, and an enormous four-pointer within the third, Riku Yanagisawa’s crew steered themselves to triumph early in Canada.

Elsewhere, Switzerland clinched an 8-4 win over Korea, wrapping up the sport in a scientific last two ends.

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