Winter Olympics curling LIVE: Eve Muirhead’s Team GB face Canada after Kamila Valieva cleared to compete

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Follow live updates from the Winter Olympics as Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian figure skater, was cleared to continue competing at the Games despite testing positive for a banned substance. Valieva, the face of the Beijing Winter Olympics, faced a hearing from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday but they ruled there were “exceptional circumstances” in her case and overturned her provisional doping suspension.

Meanwhile, Team GB are in curling action with both men’s and women’s teams facing crucial matches as the round-robin phase continues. Bruce Mouat’s team defeated Switzerland with their final stone to claim their fifth win and close in on the semi-finals, and Eve Muirhead’s side will do the same when they face Canada later in the day. There was disappointment for Team GB elsewhere, however, after Katie Ormerod failed to qualify for Tuesday’s snowboard big air final after a fall on her final run.

The big story in Beijing continues to surround Valieva, though, and the ruling has been questioned by the United States Olympic Committee (USPOC), who finished behind the Russian Olympic Committee as the teenager contributed to team gold last week. In a statement, USPOC chief executive Sarah Hirshland said: “We are disappointed by the message this decision sends”, adding: “This appears to be another chapter in the systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by Russia.” Follow live coverage from the Winter Olympics below:

A scrappy fourth end results in a blank. A couple of GB errors presented Canada an open ring but they elect to take the final stone into the next end.

Team GB are down in accuracy compared to the Canada team and are not playing their best - but the