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The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship

Host city: Grand Forks, ND, USA
Dates: April 5-13
Defending Champions: Team Canada (Glenn Howard)
This year's championsh: Team Canada (Kevin Martin)!

THE SCOOPS!

Day 9 - Gold at last!
Day 9 - Championship Preview: Canada vs. Scotland
Day 8 - Canada and Scotland will play for gold
Day 7 - Murdoch to final, Martin to semi
Day 7 - Norway through to semifinal
Day 6 - Close call, but Canada beats Swiss
Day 5 - Canada clinches first place, didn't need hammer
Day 5 - China takes down Martin in extra end
Day 4 - Winning streak hits twenty
Day 4 - Canada squeeks by Norway
Day 3 - Winning streak continues for Martin
Day 3 - Canada crushes France after six ends
Day 3 - Scotland evens up record against France
Day 2 - Another lopsided win for Canada at worlds
Day 2 - Canada rallies to beat Sweden
Day 1 - Great start for Martin
Day 1 - Czechs shock Murdoch
Canada late for practise
Kevin tries for gold again

Leader Board

Canada (Martin) 10-1

Scotland (Murdoch) 8-3

China (Wang) 7-4

Norway (Ulsrud) 7-4

France (Dufour) 6-5

United States (Brown) 5-6

Australia (Millikin) 5-6

Germany (Kapp) 5-6

Denmark (Frederiksen) 4-7

Sweden (Kraupp) 4-7

Switzerland (Pescia) 3-8

Czech Republic (Snitil) 2-9