We are at the halfway point of this bronze medal match in the curling.

This is how the fifth end ended...

Britain are lying with the shot...

Japan then nudge themselves into a position to score one...

Eve Muirhead knows there is a slim chance of taking two...

...it is close, so close to being perfect but it is only good enough for one. Great Britain lead 3-2. Whoever has had the hammer has taken one shot in each of the ends.

One mistake or one moment of magic from either team could be the difference between bronze and missing out.

Chris Whitaker: I really hope curling can capitalise on the interest from the Winter Olympics. Just tried to see where my nearest sessions are - 80 miles and 150 miles away. So, there's a gap in the market for the East if anyone fancies it...

Steve Bradley: This curling is quite hypnotic, a mixture of spinning stones and players commentary. All sports should have this much player commentary with either Scottish accents or in Japanese.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Eve Muirhead is getting very vocal now.

And it feels like both teams have cranked it up a notch. The crowd are finally responding, too.

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Luke John Frost: I am thinking we need to get at least two in this end with the hammer. We haven't had the luck when gone later on in the game.

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The German Foreign Office was in a gloating mood after Germany beat Canada in the semi-finals of the men's ice hockey yesterday.

They tweeted, rather cheekily, a "travel advisory".

The message read: "Germans in Canada should exercise a high degree of empathy. Be nice, don't gloat, give hugs, buy rounds of hot chocolate. Just imagine how you would feel if Canada beat us in soccer."

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Canada had won the gold medal in the men's ice hockey at both the past two Games, but they will have to settle for a bronze medal at best today.

Watch again how their hopes of a gold ended as they fell to a surprising 4-3 loss to Germany yesterday.

Seth Bennett
Commentator on BBC TV

Medal game today which means Kent Simpson and I have just two matches remaining of our Pyeongchang 2018 journey. Tomorrow it is Germany v OAR today and today it is Canada v Czech Republic.

Can the Canadian’s find some redemption against the impressive Czechs. Follow on BBC from 12:10 GMT.

Women's bobsleigh braker Mica Moore on Instagram, external: "This guy here. Top fan, coach, dad. I told him the dream and he made it happen."

After funding was withdrawn in 2017, a crowdfunding initiative raised £40,000 to help the British duo compete at the Games.

Matthew Pinsent claimed on Twitter, external that Mica also 'went to the bank of Mum and Dad' for their sled which cost a reported 50,000 dollars.

Moore and Mica McNeill finished eighth in the women's competition earlier this week.

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Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC TV

Neither team are really getting hold of an end here, both are making little mistakes on either side, so no-one's been able to take a two.

The good news is that it's all tied up at 2-2 going into the fifth end.

Eve Muirhead was not too happy at taking one in the third end, wanting a blank end so she could have had the chance to get two in the fourth.

And the fourth end went exactly as Muirhead feared, with Japan, who had the hammer, taking one.

This match so far - we get one, you get one, we get one, you get one. Four ends gone and it is as tight and tense as we expected. 2-2.

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Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

An American man has just walked back into the arena with about 15 beers on a tray.

That's the way to enjoy a Saturday evening at the curling.

If he's reading this and has one going spare...

Cerberus: These Japanese curlers aren’t half noisy.

Sarah: So much tension in the curling already!

BBC Red Button

Another race in the speed skating, this time the men's mass start first semi-final, another skater getting a bit too close to the ice than they would like.

It is a mishmash of frantic sprints and then taking each other out on a corner. Great excitement over on the Red Button.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

The crowd have livened up a bit now, with the Japan fans chanting for their players.

The British supporters respond with a quiet shout of 'GB, GB, GB' The arena has filled up a bit but there are still a lot of empty seats.

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Jackie Lockhart
Four-time Olympic curler on BBC TV

That was just what GB didn't want - they wanted to blank that end - so they could go for a two in the next end.

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Chris H: Problem with curling is how one dimensional it is. Everyone keeps throwing stones that cancel each other out, no-one ever seems to use scissors or paper.

*Slow clap*. You're better than that Chris.

Some frantic screaming, some frantic brushing but Great Britain retake the lead. However, it is an unhappy-looking Eve Muirhead, she wanted to blank that end in the hope of taking two in the fourth end.

But, nevertheless, Great Britain are back in front.

Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC TV

We're heading towards a blank end in this end. I think GB need a few big shots to get the crowd going a bit, to bring some intensity to the game. It's all a bit quiet here at the moment.

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There are some nervous members of Team GB watching on. Skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold is one of them.

Relax Lizzy, there is a long way to go.

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Great Britain's lead does not last long. Japan have an open house to aim at and, despite the frantic efforts of Anna Sloan, the last stone from Japan just about holds up to make it 1-1 after two ends.