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FLIMS, Switzerland -- Winnipegs Braden Calvert and Edmontons Kelsey Rocque are headed for the playoffs at the world junior curling championships after both Canadian teams won their final two games on Sunday, the last day of the round-robin portion of the tournament. Denis Menke Jersey . Rocque and her rink of Keely Brown, Taylor McDonald, Claire Tully, alternate Alison Kotylak and coach Amanda-Dawn Coderre secured their spot in the Page 1-2 playoff against Korea after defeating both Scotland and Denmark to finish in second place. The Canadians needed an extra end to squeak out a 7-6 win over Scotlands Gina Aitken in their first game on Sunday. Riding a four-game winning streak into the final game of the round robin, Rocque scored a huge seven points in the eighth end to nail down a 12-7 victory over Denmarks Christine Svensen (0-9). "They had an unfortunate break in that end and we were fortunate enough to capitalize," said Rocque about the unusual score of seven. "It was the wrong side of the inch for Denmark with a lot of their stones in that end." The Canadian women enter the playoffs in second place with a 7-2 record behind South Koreas Kyeong-Ae Kim, also at 7-2, who defeated Canada in the round robin. Calvert and his junior mens team of Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson, alternate Matt Dunstone and coach Tom Clasper are also off to the playoffs after wrapping up the round robin with two lopsided victories. The Canadians needed only six ends to dispatch American Jake Vukich 8-1 in a game that Canada controlled from the start. They scored three in the first end and had built a 7-1 lead by the fifth-end break. A steal in six put the game away. "We got off to another good start and had all the momentum the whole game, I think, and we were in control," said Calvert. In their final game of the round robin, Calvert and crew cruised to a 9-1 win over Sebastian Wunderer of Austria who came into the game with a 3-5 record. Canada scored four in the fifth and stole another two in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Norway will play Scotland in the mens Page 1-2 . Calvert finishes the round robin in third place with a 6-3 record and will play the winner of the tiebreaker between Italys Amos Mosaner and Switzerlands Yannick Schwaller in the Page 3-4 playoff on Tuesday. Cheap Astros Jerseys . Yet coming off consecutive series losses at St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Los Angeles needed some sort of spark as August approaches. The Dodgers found it in the ballpark of their biggest rival, and left the Bay Area in first place following an emphatic three-game swing. Nolan Ryan Jersey .com) - There may be a debate in Philadelphia about who should be the starting quarterback of the Eagles.Luis Suarez was left fuming on the sidelines as Uruguay crashed out of the Copa America Centenario after being beaten 1-0 by Venezuela in Philadelphia. Suarez, nursing a hamstring injury when he joined up with the squad, has not yet played a single minute of the tournament. The Barcelona forward appeared in the dugout and looked visibly frustrated at his failure to get on the pitch, at one point appearing to punch the dugout wall. He had also been warming up by the side of the pitch at Lincoln Financial Field during the second half, but was unavailable to come on as he hadnt been named among the substitutes by boss Oscar Tabarez.Tabarez, meanwhile, defended his decision not to name Suarez in the matchday squad. The player is not fit to play. Its a matter of numbers. I will not select a player who is not 100 percent. Was he angry? I am not aware. To me he told me nothing, Tabarez said. Luis Suarez (C) wasnt even named among the Uruguay substitutes by boss Oscar Tabarez Uruguay, the record 15-time Copa America champions, were eliminated in the group phase for the first time since 1997. That result combined with Mexicos 2-0 Group C win over Jamaica in Pasadena left the 2011 champions struggling to digest a humiliating early exit. We never found the game we wanted and that cost us, Tabarez said, adding that the ill-fated campaign should serve as a warning to his team as they now look ahead to the resumption of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Yuli Gurriel Jersey. Its been a very different Copa America. Ive never experienced something like this before.We knew it was going to be difficult but this should be a wake-up call before the World Cup qualifiers, Tabarez added. Salomon Rondon (No 9) celebrates after scoring the winner for Venezuela Venezuelas winner came on 36 minutes, when midfielder Alejandro Guerra cleverly spotted Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera off his line. Guerra unleashed a long-range effort from near the halfway line which the back-pedalling Muslera could only parry onto the bar before Salomon Rondon bundled in the rebound.Venezuelas passage through to the last eight is the biggest shock of the tournament so far.The Venezuelans are currently bottom of South Americas 10-team round robin qualifying competition for the 2018 World Cup while Uruguay are on top of the standings.The Copa America continues on Friday with the second round of games in Group D - Chile meet Bolivia at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, before Argentina take on Panama at Soldier Field in Chicago.You can watch the Copa America live on Premier Sports. ' ' '
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