Scotland win again at curling world championship

Scotland made it four wins from five at the World Men's Curling Championship, comfortably seeing off New Zealand.

Bruce Mouat's defending champions led 3-0 after the first end, with the match over at 8-2 in the sixth.

The Scots next meet Germany, one of four other nations to have lost just once so far in the round-robin phase.

Sweden, led by 2022 Olympic gold medallist Niklas Edin, are the only rink with a 100% record in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Having opened with wins over South Korea and the United States, the Scots bounced back from a disappointing defeat from Canada to trounce Italy on Sunday.

The Italians, ranked number one in the world, conceded at 8-3 after just seven ends.

Italy responded by edging out previously unbeaten Canada 7-6 in Monday's afternoon session.

Olympic silver medallists Mouat, Hammie McMillan, Grant Hardie and Bobby Lammie have a full set of world medals, with last year's gold coming after a runners-up finish in 2021 and bronze on their debut in 2018.

Scotland's games against Germany (Tuesday), Japan (Wednesday) and Sweden (Friday) will be shown live on the BBC Sport website and app.