The team of Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat opened the game hot and never looked back. Dodds' hammer throw in the opening end took out Canada's lone rock in the house, giving Great Britain an early 3-0 lead.

They extended the lead to 5-1 after three ends, forcing Canada to use its power play in the fourth. Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant weren't able to capitalize. Great Britain kept the house clean, and Dodds' final throw took out Canada's only sitting rock, so the Canadians had to settle for just a single point in what they hoped would be a big end.

Great Britain made a mistake in the seventh, giving Canada hope for a comeback. On a mostly clear house, Dodds' hammer throw just needed to draw to the button, but it came in too fast and floated through, giving Canada a steal of two to get within two going into the final end.

But Dodds and Mouat bounced back in the eighth. On the fourth throw, Mouat took out both of Canada's two sitting stones, leaving Canada with an empty house and only two stones remaining. Mouat again took out Canada's rock on his penultimate stone, forcing the Canadians to concede the win to Great Britain.

With the win, Great Britain improves to 6-0 in Cortina. They took on the other unbeaten team, the United States, later that morning. 

Canada (3-2) will take the second session off and return to take on Estonia in the third session at 1:05 p.m. ET.

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It was a back-and-forth game dominated by big ends on both sides. Each team had one four-point end apiece, and the two squads tied twice and traded the lead three times before Sweden pulled away in the end.

In the fifth, a takeout attempt by Switzerland's Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann on her last throw came up short, leaving Sweden sitting three. Isabella Wrana's hammer throw then landed safely on the button to give Sweden four points and tie the game at 7-7.

Switzerland retook the lead with two in the sixth, but the Wranas got it right back in the seventh. Rasmus Wrana was successful on a double takeout on Sweden's second-to-last stone, AND Isabella Wrana got a double of her own on the hammer to give her team three more and a 10-7 lead with one end to play.

Sweden put the finishing touches on the win by stealing three more in the eighth.

Switzerland (2-3) will return for the third session at 1:05 p.m. ET when they take on Czechia.

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After starting the Milan Cortina Games with three straight losses, Norway has responded with back-to-back wins, including a close victory over Estonia on Saturday.

With the match tied in the final end, Estonia sat just one stone in an empty house with just Norway's hammer throw remaining. Kristin Skaslien played the draw to perfection, putting the stone just inside the four-foot for one point and the game-winner.

Norway stole a point in the second end, their 10th stolen point in the last two games.

The Norwegians (2-3) will next face Italy at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Estonia (1-4) will play Canada at the same time.

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Italy finished with more takeouts than Sweden (13-10) and was just barely outshot, 78 percent to 76 percent.  

But Sweden stole a point in the second and scored three in the fifth to go up 6-2. Isabella Wrana and Rasmus Wrana then put the game away in the seventh, putting up another three-point end for the victory over the defending gold medalists.

Saturday was Italy's (3-2) second loss of the Milan Cortina Games. They previously went undefeated in both the 2022 Olympics and the 2025 World Championships. 

"Last night they made some changes to the ice and the stones, and we went from a slow pace to a more normal one," said Italy's Amos Mosaner. "I struggled a bit to manage the speed because the ice was two seconds faster than yesterday, but that’s just how it is, we have to accept it... They also played this morning, so they already knew the ice a bit better than we did. Beyond that, they simply performed better and deserved to win. Now it’s important to forget this loss quickly and start again as early as this evening."

They'll look to get back in the win column against Norway at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Sweden improves to 4-3. They'll take off for the afternoon session on Saturday and the morning session on Sunday and will return to face Canada at 8:35 a.m. ET on Sunday.

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Czechia picked up win No. 1 of the Milan Cortina Games on Saturday, thanks in part to two stolen points in the fifth end. 

Before the steal, Czechia had just a slight 4-2 lead. 

Julie Zelingrova and Vit Chabicovsky finished the win with a combined 16 takeouts, including 11 from Chabicovsky. They shot 75 percent on takeout attempts.

"I'm enjoying it more now with the win, but even before it was great," Chabicovsky said of his first Olympic experience. "The Olympic Village is perfect. There's so much good food, there's a gym, there's the Czech lounge, which is amazing. There's beer. We're not missing anything. We're living the best life ever.

"They are the best teams in the world, the best teams in the best shape possible, so it's definitely harder, and also so much attention on us, like the lights are brighter. That's different."

Czechia (1-4) will return at 1:05 p.m. to take on Switzerland, and South Korea (0-5) will play at the same time against Team USA. 

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The Canadians fell in a 6-0 hole through the first three rounds and were unable to climb their way out.

Canada scored three in the sixth to get within two, 7-5, but Estonia added another in the seventh, and the best Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant could muster was one in the eighth as part of a two-point loss.

"I think that was kind of the story of the game," Peterman told reporters after the match. "Those first few ends put us in a pretty big hole. So we didn’t give up, but it was just a bit too big of a hole to get out of."

With the loss, the Canadians fell to 3-3 in Cortina.

"I don’t think there's many issues. We feel good out there. We’re throwing the rock well," Gallant said. "Just wrong side of the inch that first end. ... Just a little bit frustrating, but I’m really proud of how we played those last ends, so we just need to bring that forward."

Canada will next face Sweden at 8:35 a.m. on Sunday. Estonia (2-4) will take on South Korea at 4:05 a.m.

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In a rematch of the 2022 Olympic gold medal game, Italy once again got the best of the defending silver medalists.

Norway's final chance was a triple-takeout attempt on the hammer throw in the eighth. Skaslien's throw knocked the top two Italian stones, but wasn't firm enough to get to the third, allowing Italy to steal the game-winning point.

The Norwegians had a 5-3 lead after six before Italy evened the score with two in the seventh.

With the win, Italy improved to 4-2 at their home Olympics. They'll next take on Czechia at 8:35 a.m. ET on Sunday. Prior to that game, Norway (2-4) will face Czechia at 4:05 a.m. ET on Sunday.

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Both the Swiss and Czech squads had six takeouts, but Switzerland shot 92 percent on their takeout attempts while Czechia shot just 50 percent on theirs.

Switzerland shot 87 percent in the match, stole two points in the first end, and had ends of four and three points on the way to a decisive win.

The Swiss squad (3-3) will next face Great Britain at 8:35 a.m. on Sunday. Czechia (1-6) will face Norway at 4:05 a.m. ET.

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