Great Britain set for bronze-medal shootout after losing semi-final to Sweden

Skip Eve Muirhead's team, who won the previous Olympic bronze by beating Switzerland in Sochi four years ago, will now play Japan In Saturday's medal playoff at 11:05 GMT.

They were beaten by a close 6-4 margin in the semi-finals against Canada at the last Olympics but it was a different story in PyeongChang as Sweden, who beat Muirhead's team for world bronze in 2017, took total control.

Great Britain trailed the Swedes 2-0 after the opening two ends but a brilliant take out by Muirhead with the final stone in the fifth end levelled the scores at 3-3 with two yellow GB stones in the house.

The tables quickly turned in the following end however, as a smart technical shot from Sweden's skip Anna Hasselborg with her final stone moved Sweden back in front by two stones. They did not look back and, after a crucial mistake on the final stone in the seventh end, wrapped up the win in the ninth.

"We're very disappointed, we came up against a very strong Swedish team there and unfortunately we just couldn't get the win," Muirhead told Eurosport.

"We know we've still got a medal to play for, so we're going to come out a lot stronger tomorrow to play for that bronze."

In the other women's semi-final, South Korea will join Sweden in Sunday's gold medal game at 00:05 GMT after they beat Japan 8-7 in a game that went to an extra 11th end.