Crunch game for Eve in Canada

Perthshire curler Eve Muirhead faces a make-or-break clash with world champion Rachel Homan as she bids to reach the quarter-finals of the Tour Challenge Grand Slam event in Canada – but Perth’s Kyle Smith is out following a third straight defeat for the Olympic men’s skip.

Muirhead and team-mates Lauren Gray, Vicki Adams and Anna Sloan must beat Homan to stay in the competition after losing 4-3 to Tour Challenge winner Val Sweeting

Smith’s early exit was confirmed when he crashed 9-2 to Winnipeg’s Pat Simmons,

Smith’s final group match will be a meaningless encounter with Toronto’s John Eppin