Switzerland fall to defeat against Italy at World Curling Championships

Italy handed Switzerland their first defeat of the World Men's Curling Championships with a clinical 8-4 victory in Session 6. In what was shaping up to be a close contest between the two teams, with the Swiss leading 4-3 at the end of the sixth end, Joel Retornaz's team roared into action.

Ad The Italians clinched two points in the seventh and stole one in each subsequent end to eventually seal a comfortable victory in Ottawa, Canada. CurlingRamsfjell secures dramatic final end win for Norway8 HOURS AGO The United States grabbed their first win of the Championships with a 10-8 victory over the Czech Republic.

An impressive score of four in the eighth end put John Shuster's rink far enough ahead for the win. Whilst Sweden secured an 8-3 triumph over Korea to continue their run in form at the top of the standings.

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