Scotland men slip up at European curling before semi-finals live on BBC

Scotland's men will face unbeaten Sweden in the European Curling Championships semi-finals after losing their 100% record in the round-robin thanks to a disappointing 6-5 defeat by Italy.

It means that Grant Hardie's rink finish second in Group A behind Stefano Spiller's side, who face the Czech Republic in the other semi-final.

World and Olympic champion Oskar Eriksson's Swedes beat Poland 7-2 to secure top place in Group B with a 100% record, while Lukas Klima's Czechs qualified as runners-up despite losing their second match of the round robin - 8-4 to Sergio Vez's Spain.

Against Italy, the Scots were always playing catchb up after losing two at the opening end.