ROUND-UP

CURLING

WINNING RETURN FOR MUIRHEAD

Perthshire curler Eve Muirhead made a sparkling return to curling after winning her opening two round robin fixtures at the September Shoot-Out in Stirling yesterday.

In their first match since the Covid lockdown, the Perthshire skip and her team-mates Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Lauren Gray began by thrashing Aberdeen’s Maggie Wilson 9-1 in a repeat of February’s Scottish Championship final. Muirhead and company were then pushed to the limit by Murrayfield’s Gina Aitken but held on to win 6-4 as they stayed on course for a place in Friday evening’s final.

There was disappointment yesterday for Kinross youngster Beth Farmer who lost 7-3 to Greenock’s Fay Henderson, while Forfar’s world junior bronze medallist James Craik suffered back-to-back defeats to Ross Paterson (8-3) and Cameron Bryce (3-1).

SPORT ON TV

FOOTBALL: Champions League quarter–final, Bayern Munich v Sevilla – BT Sport 1 7.15pm; EFL Cup, match TBC – Sky Sports Main Event 7.30pm.

TENNIS: French Open, qualifying – Eurosport 1 9am, 3.40pm.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Hull FC v Salford – Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Arena 5.55pm; Castleford v Huddersfield – Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Arena 8.15pm.

GOLF: European Tour, Irish Open – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1pm; PGA Tour, Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship – Sky Sports Golf 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event 10.30pm.

HORSE RACING: Live from Newmarket – ITV4 1.30pm.

SNOOKER: European Masters – Eurosport 2 2.30pm, 7pm.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Jacksonville Jaguars v Miami Dolphins – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports NFL 1am (Fri).