Great Britain took on Germany and Norway played Italy in the early session of men's curling play on Sunday in Cortina. Here's a look at both matches.

Great Britain only allowed Germany to score in two ends of Sunday's five-point victory.

After putting up two in each of the first and fourth ends, Bruce Mouat's team stole another in the fifth to give Great Britain a 5-2 lead at the halfway break.

Mouat finished with 12 takeouts and teammate Grant Hardie had 14. Great Britain shot 88 percent on takeout attempts and 87 percent on all shots.

Team GB (4-1) will be back at 1:05 p.m. ET to take on unbeaten Switzerland.

Germany (2-3) will take the afternoon session off and will next play Sweden on Monday at 8:05 a.m. ET. 

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Both Norway and Italy had four-point ends in Sunday's match, but Norway's came when they needed it most.

In the critical 10th, Italy skip Joel Retornaz landed his final stone right on top of his other sitting stone, leaving an easy double for Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell. The Norwegian skip did his job, knocking both yellow stones out while sitting his own for four and Norway's final three-point lead.

Earlier in the match, Norway plated three in the fourth and Italy responded with four in the fifth. Ramsfjell's final throw of the fifth went into the rings, leaving both teams with three stones in the house. Retornaz took out all three of those Norwegian stones to give the Italians a 5-4 lead at the break. 

Each team scored singles and stole singles in the sixth through ninth, sending Norway into the 10th trailing, 7-6.

Both teams will be back for games at 1:05 p.m. ET. The Norwegian(3-1) will take on Team USA, and Italy (2-2) will face Czechia.

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