Curling

TORONTO — Canada's Rachel Homan fell 5-4 to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni in the women's curling final of the AMJ Players' Championship on Sunday. After a scoreless first two ends, Tirinzoni scored in the third and fourth ends to take a 2-0 edge.

TORONTO — Canada's Rachel Homan stole two points in the eighth end for a 6-4 win over Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura on Saturday at the AMJ Players' Championship.

TORONTO — Reigning world and Canadian champion Rachel Homan edged South Korea's Eun-Jung Kim 6-5 to finish pool play with a 4-1 record on Friday night at the AMJ Players' Championship.

TORONTO — Reigning world and Canadian champion Rachel Homan defeated Manitoba's Kerri Einarson 5-3 on Thursday evening at the AMJ Players' Championship.

TORONTO — Top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland remains undefeated at the AMJ Players' Championship after winning a pair of matchups on Wednesday. Mouat, who won a world championship last weekend in Moose Jaw, Sask.

MOOSE JAW — Determined to go out on a high after falling in the semifinals, Canada lead Ben Hebert said his team had a simple plan for Sunday's bronze-medal game against China's Xiaoming Xu at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

MOOSE JAW — There will be a new champion at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship this year. And it won't be Canada. Brad Jacobs dropped a 7-4 decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat in semifinal play Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre.

MOOSE JAW — The Canadian team's swear jar remains empty at the Temple Gardens Centre.

MOOSE JAW — The Canadian team skipped by Brad Jacobs ticked a few boxes with its victory Friday afternoon at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

MOOSE JAW — Four-time world champion Glenn Howard is as busy as ever since moving to the coach's bench after his retirement as a curler. "To say it's been a roller-coaster ride would be an understatement," Howard said with a laugh.