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What could go wrong?

Mouat doesn't give an inch & it finishes 8 4. Italy 9-5 up against Poland so I'm calling that a win.

Sharp end now going into the 9th end 4 7. Swiss have the hammer & must make something happen.

Mouat's early season good form continues, lead Schwartz 5-2 at the half way point. Loose shot from Mouat gives a deuce 5-4.

OK, we pedantic historians have some points to make.....

Story so far in Finland A-Division Men SCO 3 0 CZE 2 1 ITA 2 1 POL 2 1 SUI 2 1 SWE 2 1 GER 1 2 NOR 1 2 AUT 0 3 DEN 0 3 A-Division Women DEN 2 1 GER 2 1 LTU 2 1 NOR 2 1 SUI 2 1 SWE 2 1 ITA 1 2 SCO 1 2 TUR 1 2 CZE 0 3 4 different games on Discovery+ Plus tomorrow. Think all Sweden's Games are on svt play, but you'll need a good VPN. For Brits, the scheduled RR games are Scotland men v Switzerland (Monday) Scotland women v Norway (Wednesday) Scotland men v Sweden (Wednesday) Scotland men v Italy (Thursday)

Curling Games on the BBC iPlayer this week Scotland men v Switzerland (Monday) Scotland women v Norway (Wednesday) Scotland men v Sweden (Wednesday) Scotland men v Italy (Thursday)

Going to be a long year for everyone not named Mickaela Shiffrin. She is back in the carefree form of five years ago before her father died and she started to have bad luck with injury.

Well, very ominous signs for the rest of the world as utterly dominate the two-man.

The Refs will not be mocked!

Yeah, there is a pathway to Olympic Q just through that without doing the World Cup, I think.

It is the Norwegian Christmas Star theory - the young guys have to be 100% on form in November & December in order to get their place in the national squad., but the experienced medal winners only have to be at 90%.

Crazy, but I guess everything depends on the money circuit events we have been seeing on eurovisionsports this year.

Was saying on one of the other threads that the Russian первый снег first snow cross country events were already like January in Finland. It's going to be cold in Europe.

And our debut podium goes to

Should have tried the old "They told me it was a club for traditional fado music" defense. Worked for me!I Colombia's President found himself at the centre of an extraordinary scandal after official spending records revealed a $50 charge at a Lisbon strip club during a state visit. Gustavo Petro, already under fire after Washington DC labelled him a drug trafficker and froze his accounts by placing him on the notorious Clinton List, ordered the release of his own financial records in a bold attempt to prove his innocence to the US President. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15313231/Colombian-presidents-strip-club-humiliation-Bank-statements-released-deny-Trumps-money-laundering-accusations-reveal-embarrassing-secret.html

BBC preview. Good news is that some of the will be on the BBC including hopefully the finals. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c1k0kgyg7l3o

Seems patchy, plenty in Cortina, Beitostolen, Finland & in Russia

Klaebo & Skistad

Yeah, see the BBC interview. Coming off a hamstring in the summer. Matt Weston wins 10th World Cup skeleton gold in Italy - BBC Sport women's team don't do quite so well, but no reason to despair yet. As ever, starts are excellent, drives are patchy. the opposite - average starting but great driving. But everyone with a long way to go.

Weston wins with a superb second run. Very chuffed, I am sure have all had way more practice runs than he has this last few weeks.

Skeleton runners are not flat like luge or bob runners. For a fast time you need to adjust them so they are curved like an archery bow, which makes them difficult to control as they don't naturally run straight. That is probably the reason - he has chosen a slow but safe setup.

Lordy, incredible historic 19 wicket first day of the Ashes in Perth!

European Championships both Men and Women starting from on Saturday. Here's your roundup of competing teams, including the B Division. Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships return to Finland - World Curling Looks like there's lots of games on Discovery Plus, but also a $19.99 option for full coverage of every game. Or the Super DeLuxe offer of $124.99 for the full Year Pass. Some nations have their own deals also. The Curling Channel - World Curling