World of sport

Murrayfield curler Bruce Mouat and his Scotland team ended Niklas Edin’s long unbeaten run at the European Championships after stunning the Swedish world champion 9-5 in yesterday’s men’s final in Tallinn.

Edin was chasing a record fifth European title in a row and had won all 10 games this week, but Mouat and his colleagues Hammy Mcmillan, Bobby Lammie and Grant Hardie pushed him to the limit in their roundrobin meeting on Wednesday before losing 9-8 at the final end.

The Scots looked set for further disappointment yesterday when they trailed 4-2 at the halfway point, but twos at the sixth and eighth ends put them 6-5 ahead and this time they were determined to finish the job.

A three at the final end clinched a famous 9-5 victory as Mouat and company – world bronze medallists last season – scored the biggest win of their career.

The stats told a story with the Scottish team averaging 89% in the final, while the Swedes managed only 75% as they crumbled under pressure.

Mouat said: “It’s unbelievable. I’m really proud of the guys – they played so well today. You can’t expect to get anything easy against that team and we knew we were going to have to fight for it today. “We really dug in at 4-2 down and tried to stay calm, but the nerves were definitely there. It’s been a good season so far and this is just the cherry on top.”