Winter Sport: Yarnold kicks off season with World Cup victory

Team GB’s Lizzy Yarnold got her skeleton season off to the perfect start as the 25-year-old claimed victory in the World Cup race in Canada. Yarnold finished in second place but was elevated to first when American Noelle Pikus-Pace was disqualified after her sled failed a post-race inspection.

Meanwhile, Scotland’s women fell at the final hurdle at the European Curling Championship as they surrendered their 100 per cent record to Sweden. Eve Muirhead’s Scots had won all nine of their round-robin games in Norway, including a 6-5 win over the Swedes, but lost out 10-5 to Margaretha Sigfridsson’s team in the final.