robin match in the mixed curling. the british pair are the world champions, and they beat sweden 9—5. soa so a great start. they'll also be competing in the men's and women's team events at the games. earlier china started its olympic torch relay as part of the countdown to the games. the flame will be carried on a three—dayjourney by more than 1,000 torchbearers — that's a much shorterjourney than usual, because of china's covid restrictions. beijing currently has its highest number of cases sincejune 2020. it's already affecting the medal hopes of some athletes — the latest to be ruled out of the games is austrian ski jump favourite, marita kramer, earliertoday. barcelona have finally confirmed the signing of arsenal striker, pierre emerick aubameyang. the gabon international was signed on a free transfer on monday, which arsenal confirmed on tuesday and now barcelona have said the move has gone through. aubameyang hadn't played