Scots sustain fourth defeat at World Women's Curling Championship
World Women's Curling Championship
Venue: Uijeongbu, South Korea Dates: 15-23 March
Coverage: Watch selected Scotland matches live on the BBC Sport website, app & iPlayer
Scotland's struggles at the World Women's Curling Championship in South Korea continued with a fourth loss of the round-robin stage.
Sweden defeated Sophie Jackson's rink 5-3 early on Tuesday and Lithuania are up next for the Scots at 10:00 GMT.
Sitting 10th of 13 in the standings, Scotland have two wins so far and have also still to face the United States, Japan, Turkey, Denmark and China.
A top-six place is required to progress to the play-offs.
Scotland sit third bottom after day three at World Curling
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