Scotland to play Canada for gold at world curling

Scotland won 10 of their 12 round-robin contests in Canada, before a tense win over Italy

Scotland will meet host nation Canada in the final of the World Men's Curling Championship after a tense extra-end victory over Italy in Ottawa.

The Italians led 4-2 after four ends and then clawed back two in the tenth to make it 8-8.

However, Mouat held his nerve to make sure of one point in the extra end.

Canada were fourth in the round-robin but beat defending champions Sweden for the second time this week, a thumping 9-1 win taking them into the semis.

Switzerland had lost just once before on the Ottawa ice but the Canadians went on to win 7-5 to book their gold medal showdown with Scotland.

Mouat and team-mates Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan lost out to Sweden in last year's Olympic final, and the 2021 world final.

Scotland last won a men's world title in 2009.

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