GMT and look to keep semi-final hopes alive GB men will reach curling last four if Italy or Norway lose on Thursday morning after beating USA 9-2 Mari Fukada wins gold for Japan in women's snowboard slopestyle;

There's no reason it shouldn't happen, Peter. The national academy is in Stirling and the sport is more prevalent in Scotland, certainly, but there are three English curlers in the GB squad for the forthcoming Winter Paralympics.

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.

Three Japanese skaters are in position to earn medals heading into the final

Japan has set a new record for the most medals in its Winter Olympic history by securing its 19th medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, surpassing the previous mark of 18 medals achieved at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

MILAN (AP) — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up during their short program at the Milan Cortina Games.

The Olympic Team Event came down to the final skater on Sunday. In front of a packed house inside the Milano Ice Skating arena, the United States narrowly defeated Japan for its second consecutive team gold.