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Team GB's men's curling team through to the final

Great Britain's men's curling team have beaten Sweden and will now play for a gold medal in the final. The women's team narrowly lost to Canada in their semi-final and are set for the bronze medal match tomorrow.

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Team GB set for final after beating Sweden in curling

The men's British curling team will play for the gold medal at the Winter Olympics after beating world champions Sweden 6-5 in the semi-final.

Team GB reach the 2014 Men's curling final Credit: PA Wire

Skip David Murdoch's team were tied at the half-way point and it looked to be going Sweden's way early on in the sixth.

A mistake from Sweden meant a steal for Team GB, to take the game to 3-2 in Britain's favour.

Britain took a lead of 4-3 going into the ninth, but Swedish skip Niklas Edin finished the end 5-4.

The final end brought a few errors from Team GB, but skip David Murdoch kept his cool and finished the game with a 6-5 victory.

Team GB will face Canada in the final, which will be played on Friday.

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