Team GB's curling medal hopes are hanging by a thread after Bruce Mouat's rink suffered a 9-5 defeat to Canada at the Winter Olympics in Cortina. The British world champions, who arrived as gold-medal favourites, have now lost four of their eight round-robin matches.

Despite their reputation as the world's best, the British team couldn't overcome Canada in a match defined by narrow margins. Vice-skip Grant Hardie admitted they made too many mistakes, saying "we're running out of time to put it right." The loss leaves Mouat's team needing to beat the United States in their final game and relying on other results to reach the semi-finals.

This setback threatens to derail Team GB's aspirations of upgrading their 2022 silver medal. The women's team faces an equally precarious position, requiring victories against the United States, Japan, and Italy to advance. With both teams' Olympic campaigns now in jeopardy, Wednesday's matches have become must-win encounters for British curling.