Scotland beat South Korea for fifth worlds win in row

Scotland's charge at the World Men's Curling Championship continued as they recorded a fifth consecutive victory by beating South Korea in Utah.

Ross Whyte's rink, ranked in the world's top five but making their debut at this level, had opened with losses to Sweden and Japan.

But the convincing successes over Canada, hosts United States, Poland and Italy were followed by this brushing aside of the Koreans.

The Scots led 4-1 after three ends and eased to a 7-2 victory after just seven of the 10 ends.

Sweden, skipped by seven-time winner Niklas Edin, lead the way with seven wins from seven, while Switzerland have six victories. Scotland are now on their own in third with five wins in the round-robin phase.

The Scots, defending the title won by Bruce Mouat's rink last year, next face China on Wednesday - live on the BBC Sport website & app and the iPlayer.

Whyte - along with Robin Brydone, Euan Kyle and Craig Waddell - are representing Scotland after world top-ranked rink Team Mouat elected not to compete after their silver medal at the Olympics in Cortina last month.