Team Mouat through to Grand Slam semi-finals
Team Mouat have reached the semi-finals of the Grand Slam of Curling - and their final appearance will be shown live on the BBC Sport website and app if they progress in Toronto, Canada.
The recently crowned world champions will play the winner of Canadian sides Team Epping and Team Jacobs on Sunday (00:30 BST).
Team Schwaller, of Switzerland, are also through to the last four and will face the winner of Team McEwen v Team Dunstone, another all-Canadian tie.
Yannick Schwaller's rink finished above Bruce Mouat's world champions in Pool A, with both teams winning four and losing once.
Scot Ross Whyte's rink were the only team to defeat Mouat's at the pool stage but Whyte will not feature in the play-offs.
The final will be played at 21:00 on Sunday.
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