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CBC
06-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada falls to Scotland, will play China for bronze at world curling playdowns
Social Sharing Canada will play for bronze at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team dropped a 7-4 semifinal decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat on Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre. Canada will play China's Xiaoming Xu in the third-place game on Sunday. Scotland will play Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller for gold. Schwaller defeated China's Xiaoming Xu 7-3 in the other semifinal. Earlier in the day, Mouat eliminated defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-7 in a qualification game. Xu qualified with an 8-7 victory win over Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell.
CBC
03-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada routs China for 8th victory in 9 matches at world men's curling championship
Canada's Brad Jacobs defeated China's Xiaoming Xu 8-2 in the early draw at the world men's curling championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert controlled the game after jumping out to an early 4-1 lead. Canada is 8-1 in round-robin play at the Temple Gardens Centre while China is now 6-3. The host team will play Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller (7-2) in the evening draw. The top six teams in the 13-team field will make the weekend playoffs. Canada is looking to win gold at this event for the first time since Brad Gushue's victory in 2017 in Edmonton. WATCH | Canada breezes to 8-2 win over China in round-robin action: Canada's Brad Jacobs rolls over China at curling worlds 19 minutes ago Duration 2:00 Brad Jacobs' Canadian rink routed China 8-2 in seven ends, to run their record to 8-1 at the world men's curling championship in Moose Jaw, Sask.
