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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain

Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.

Olympics-Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze

By Hritika Sharma

Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze

BEIJING : Sweden's Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson added a mixed doubles medal to their country's glittering Olympic curling trophy cabinet after clinching bronze with a 9-3 dismantling of Britain at the National Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.

Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles pair lose bronze-medal match to Sweden

Great Britain's wait for their first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on after curling mixed doubles pair Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat lost their bronze-medal match 9-3 to Sweden.

Canada doubles up on rival U.S. to complete perfect round robin in women's hockey

The Canadian women's hockey team beat the U.S. 4-2 to clinch the top spot in Group A on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.

Nick Kyrgios doesn't care what you think of him and hopes to one day 'be an icon' after Australian Open doubles win

At an inconspicuous sports hall, nestled amongst the historic buildings surrounding Sydney Harbour, Nick Kyrgios is beaming as he runs up and down a basketball court with his mates.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB miss out on mixed doubles curling final with defeat to Norway, will go for bronze

Team GB's Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds threw away a 4-2 lead to miss out on a shot for mixed doubles curling gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, losing 6-5 to Norway in the semi-finals. The pair, who beat the same opponents to win the world title last year, looked to be in control until a poor sixth end saw the context of the match swing the other way. Britain still have an opportunity to go for bronze, when they will take on Sweden on Tuesday morning (0605 GMT).

Watch: John Higgins, king of the snooker doubles, produces magical match-winning treble

John Higgins is arguably the greatest doubler in world snooker, but even he must have been impressed with the shot that clinched his place at next month's inaugural Turkish Masters. The four-time world champion trailed 3-1 to an inspired world number 105 Barry Pinches, who had made three excellent 70-plus breaks, at the mid-session interval of their qualifier in Leicester before timely knocks of 130, 85 and 62 helped Higgins win four straight frames to progress.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain

Olympics-Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze

Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze

Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles pair lose bronze-medal match to Sweden

Canada doubles up on rival U.S. to complete perfect round robin in women's hockey

Nick Kyrgios doesn't care what you think of him and hopes to one day 'be an icon' after Australian Open doubles win

Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB miss out on mixed doubles curling final with defeat to Norway, will go for bronze

Watch: John Higgins, king of the snooker doubles, produces magical match-winning treble