Canada's Gushue beats Turkey at world men's curling championship

Canada's Brad Gushue defeated Turkey's Ugurcan Karagoz 9-5 on Friday morning at the world men's curling championship.

Gushue broke a tie in the fifth end by making a hit for four points. Turkey conceded after scoring a single in the eighth.

The Canadian team of Gushue, vice Mark Nichols, second E.J. Harnden and lead Geoff Walker will return to TD Place in the evening for a round-robin finale against Sweden's Niklas Edin.

Five of the six playoff spots were taken entering the morning draw with seeding still to be determined.

Canada (8-3) will be joined by first-place Switzerland (10-1), Sweden (9-1), Norway (8-2) and Scotland (8-2) for weekend play.

Italy (6-4) and Japan (5-5) were still in the mix for the final spot at the start of the day. Medal games are scheduled for Sunday.

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