Scotland’s men and women bounced back from opening defeats at the European Curling Championships in Esbjerg with victories to get their campaigns back on track.
Meanwhile Rajiv Ouseph and Kirsty Gilmour will both aim for Scottish Open titles on Sunday after reaching the final.
Here’s our review of the last 24 hours.
Eve Muirhead believes her Scotland rink were at their clinical best as they bounced back from their opening loss to Denmark with a 11-3 win over Sweden at the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg.
"I'm really pleased with that – it was a really solid performance. Basically, we gave them no chances and as a team we played great, and that was what we had to do after last night," said Muirhead.
"If you can get a big end out there, the other team's going to be chasing you. They managed to get a two, but we managed to get our twos back, so it was good."
Meanwhile for the men Kyle Smith admitted it was a relief to get a win under their belts as Scotland responded to a heavy opening loss to Norway, edging past the Czech Republic 9-7.
It took until Smith’s final stone for them to finally see off the Czechs, as they came from 7-6 down heading into the final end to pull off the crucial victory.
“We’re pleased to get a win under our belts. We had a good start, but they had a good shot in the third end when we were looking like having a big score, which saved them,” said Smith.
“After that, it was a good game and there weren’t many missed shots. We just had to stay patient. Maybe we ran our luck at times – but we got control early on in the tenth end and we closed it out really well.
“We’re really pleased to get that first win and hopefully that’ll give us some momentum now.”
Rajiv Ouseph is just one win away from a third Scottish Open title as he continued his perfect run through to the final of the event in Glasgow.
The 2008 and 2011 champion has yet to drop a game on his path through to the final, but now faces a tough challenge against number one seed Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in the final.
Ouseph saw off Kim Bruun 21-16, 21-7 in the semi-final, taking just 33 minutes to wrap up victory and book his place in Sunday’s finals.
He will be joined on finals day by top seed Kirsty Gilmour who matched him in the women’s singles, and will take on Linda Kjaersfeldt in the final.
She beat unseeded Anna Thea Madsen 17-21, 21-11, 21-13 as she looks to go one better than in 2013 when she was runner-up in the event.
Also reaching the finals are English pair Andy Ellis and Peter Mills, who knocked out third seeds Adam Cwalina and Przemyslaw Wacha from Poland, 21-19, 12-21, 21-15.
They will take on German duo Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler in the final, as they knocked out English pair Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in three games.
But there was also disappointment for Chloe Birch and Jenny Wallwork, who fell in the semi-finals of the women’s doubles.
Dan Fox admits it’s an honour to lead Great Britain at the upcoming World Hockey League Final but has no plans to replace current skipper Barry Middleton long-term.
Head coach Bobby Crutchley has left out a number of high-profile players including Middleton, for the tournament, which begins in India next Friday.
Fox will lead a more inexperienced side but is optimistic that the team can perform, and is aiming to make the most of the opportunity to captain the team.
“For me, it’s a really proud moment to be asked to be captain. Playing for your country is always really special so to be captain as well is something else,” said Fox.
“Barry is a fantastic captain. I’ve done it the odd time previous, probably about three times over the last couple of years having started in the set up six or seven years ago.
“I’m actually older than Barry so it’s not something I see myself doing long term, he’s the captain and he’ll be the captain for a good while yet.
GB women’s basketball coach Jose Maria Buceta was delighted with the efforts of his charges despite their 78-64 loss to Montenegro in their opening Eurobasket 2017 qualifier.
The Brits pulled back to within five points in the final quarter before the Group C favourites pulled away late on with three three-pointers.
However Buceta feels there were lots of positives to take from the performance and was optimistic about things going forward.
"We never gave up and we pushed them hard and I don't think the final result tells the story as we were right in the game until late," said Buceta.
"We played a very high tempo and we got tired and you have to give credit to them because they rebound the ball so well and they got too many offensive boards for us - but that is an issue for most teams that play them. "I am so proud of my players because they did such a great job and this game will fill us with confidence, because we saw what is possible when we work like this as a team and show this level of spirit and courage.”
Sportsbeat 2015