Curling: Mixed day for Scotland at worlds

SCOTLAND endured mixed fortunes at the Ford World Men's Curling Championships in Regina, Canada, following a 7-3 victory against Denmark with a 5-7 reverse to Norway, although they still remain firmly on course for a play-off spot.

Meanwhile, Canada continued to march towards the weekend medal games and an unbeaten round-robin record with their ninth straight victory, a 10-6 win over Sweden.

After the Denmark win, Scottish skip Tom Brewster said: "It's nice to win after last night (loss to Canada] and keep a pretty good record at the top. That's a big win".

However, in their evening session, the Scots went down by 5-7 to a Norwegian team fighting for play-off survival. Crucially in this game, Scotland gave up a three in the fifth end and a steal of one in the sixth when, not for the first time in the week, Brewster's final draw was short.

Brewster said: "That doesn't hurt us from a standing point of view, but it would have been nicer to have a win, and it would have been good to put them (Norway] out, they're a good team."