Giles Scott retains lead at World Championships in New Zealand while Eve Muirhead leads Scotland to a final showdown against Russia at the European Curling Championships. Here's our review of the last 24 hours.
Giles Scott is looking to stay focused despite extending his lead at the Finn Gold Cup in New Zealand.
The defending World Champion has a 52-point lead after eight races but knows he needs to keep his head in the game ahead of Saturday's penultimate race.
Elsewhere Ed Wright and Ben Cornish sit eighth and ninth and will look to hang onto their spots ahead of Sunday's ten-boat finale.
“Today was certainly a big day,” Scott remarked. “Three races of an hour plus is a big amount of loading! “For me it went reasonably well – I had a bit of a sticky patch in the second race with just a really poor start. I lost track of where the line was and ended up following everyone in. I think I rounded the top mark about 45th. “Other than that it was a solid day and I’ve extended my lead which is great for tomorrow.”
A never-say-die battling performance from Eve Muirhead and her team ensured Scotland will bid for gold at the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Up against Finland, Muirhead’s team could not have got off to a tougher start as they found themselves 5-0 down after three ends.
But the recovery began in the fourth end with a score of three when skip Muirhead finished the end with a straightforward draw and they kicked on for a 9-7 win to set up a final clash with Russia.
Muirhead said: ”If you take away the first three ends we played a really good game and it just shows you the fight in this team that whatever the scoreboard says – ‘don’t give up’.
“Now we’ve got to look forward to a final against Russia. We always have close games with Russia so it’s going to be a good game.
Elsewhere during the day, Scotland’s men’s team fell just short of making the semi-finals although they pushed defending champions Sweden all the way in their tie-breaker – eventually losing 8-7
Kat Driscoll wants Great Britain to build on a strong start to the Trampoline, Tumbling and Double-Mini Trampoline World Championships in Odense, Denmark.
Britain made a solid start to the competition after securing six final spots and four semi-finals across the tumbling and trampoline disciplines.
For Driscoll, Pamela Clark and Bryony Page the championships serve as qualifiers for Rio with all three making it through to the semi-final – Clark the top performer in sixth.
But Driscoll knows there is more to come and is hoping to secure Olympic qualification when the curtain falls in Denmark.
“I’m obviously pleased but I know I’ve got improvements to make, which hopefully we can do come semi-finals,” she said.
“We have got team finals tomorrow, so we can use that as a kind of rehearsal as it’s a zero final and one voluntary routine, the same as the semi-final, and the see where we go from there.”
Andy Murray believes this week’s Davis Cup final represents a golden opportunity for tennis in Great Britain.
It’s been 37 years since the country last appeared in the final of the competition and 79 years since they got their hands on the coveted prize.
But now the Brits have the chance to lift the famous trophy once more after victory over Australia in the semi final set up a clash with Belgium in Ghent.
World number two Murray will lead the line for Britain in the singles and is also likely to partner brother Jamie in the doubles on Saturday.
"It means a lot to everyone to be in this position," Murray told BBC Sport.
"Five years ago we were way, way behind in this competition - I think it was the lowest position we'd ever been in, so five years later to be playing and competing in the final is a great opportunity.”
Take a quick glance down the past winners of the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and you’ll be greeted by some of British sport’s biggest names.
From Olympic champion Andy Murray to Tom Daley and England football captain Wayne Rooney the award recognises the potential of the country’s brightest young stars.
With ten nominees chosen for this year’s gong six are Olympic hopefuls with Brinn Bevan, Ellie Downie, Molly Summerhayes, Morgan Lake, Matty Lee and Rebekah Tiler all making the cut. Read more here.
Laura Deas may not be able to fly under the radar anymore following last season’s performances but on the eve of the new skeleton campaign, she is adamant she can cope with the pressure.
Previously a professional event rider, Deas enjoyed a breakthrough season last year, including bagging two medals competing on the World Cup circuit for the first time.
And with Lizzy Yarnold opting to take a 12-month break from skeleton in order to recharge Deas is now Great Britain’s number one slider.
“I will miss Lizzy, we are really good friends so from that respect I will miss her,” said Deas.
“It was a breakthrough season for me last year, I did not really know what to expect and I don’t think anyone else knew what to expect from me either.
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