The Canadian team had begun their campaign in impressive style, with triumphs over the United States and French teams, and they continued their form by taking a four point lead after the first end against Latvia.

It proved to be the ideal platform to seal a third straight win, with Michael Lizmore skipping them to a 7-2 success which also ended Latvia’s unbeaten start.

"We felt pretty good that game," said Lizmore.

"We were not really happy with how we played last night so we’re glad to get back on track just feeling a lot better that game than we did yesterday."

South Korea finished the day in second place in the Group D standings after beating France - to move above Latvia.

With Japan having a day off competing, Scotland were able to draw level with their Group A rivals in the table by beating defending champions Norway 8-1.

It would be the second loss of the day for the Norwegian team, following their 8-0 defeat to New Zealand.

The result helped Italy move into third place, as they secured a 6-2 triumph against Romania.

Hungary and Sweden continue to lead Group B, after they secured impressive victories in their second matches of the tournament.

The Hungarian squad overcame Slovakia 7-3, while Sweden edged out Finland 5-4.

Both nations are trailed by England, whose 8-5 win over Ireland kept them in third place.

The host nation boast three victories to date, with the Russians' latest triumph a 9-4 win over second place Poland in Group D.

Denmark and the Czech Republic secured wins against Austria to lie behind Poland in the rankings.

Group E remains one of the tightest standings, with Germany and Turkey both having won their first two games.

Estonia have also triumphed on two occasions but also have a loss to their name.