MS v pároch 2017

Japan have fielded a women's and men's rink once before at an Olympic Winter Games – 1998 in Nagano, when they were the hosts. Some 20 years on, an impressive male team have re-joined a consistently strong women's side in a bid for medals in Pyeongchang next year.

Day three of the World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 being held in ChampEry, Scotland continued this evening (Sunday 8 October) with and saw Hong Kong record a historic first win at world level for the member association. Hong Kong secured their first win of the championship and first ever win at world level when they defeated Finland 11-5.

Day three of the World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 being held in ChampEry, Scotland began this morning (Sunday 8 October) with wins for Turkey, Hungary, USA and Scotland. In the day's opening session, Scotland defeated Ireland 9-2 in six ends, helped in part by a score of three points in the third end and a steal of two points in the fourth end to take a 7-1 lead into the break.

Day two of the World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 drew to a close this evening (Saturday 7 October) with session six of the round robin and saw wins for Korea, Finland, Slovakia, Israel and Sweden. Israel kept their winning form going when they secured a 7-3 victory over hosts Switzerland.

The World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 continued this morning (Saturday 7 October) with session three of the round-robin stage and saw Poland, China, USA, Germany and Slovenia all get their championship off to a winning start. After a shaky start Poland took control of their game against Netherlands to win 8-3.