Toronto's John Epping upset Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., 7-6 on Sunday to win the men's final at the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Players' Championship. Epping drew to the button on the game's final shot to clinch the win in Summerside, P.E.I.

Saskatoon's Stefanie Lawton defeated Winnipeg's Cathy Overton-Clapham 7-3 in the women's final of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Sun Life Financial Players' Championship in Summerside on Saturday afternoon.

Sherry Middaugh stayed alive at curling's Players' Championship with a 6-5 tiebreak win over Heather Nedohin on Friday in Summerside, P.E.I. Middaugh, from Coldwater, Ont., will face Winnipeg's Cathy Overton-Clapham in the semifinal round.

Scott and his father Glenn Howard recently celebrated their victory at the world men's curling championship. On Thursday, they were opponents at the Players' Championship and the youngster came through with an upset 6-3 victory with John Epping's rink.

Glenn Howard scored three points in the seventh end and earned a key 8-5 in over Mike McEwen in Draw 5 action at the Players' Championship. Howard's Ontario rink improved to 2-0 and can claim a berth in the 2013 Olympic trials by reaching the semifinals.

Cathy Overton-Clapham did not have much room to work with, but her game-winning shot concluded the opening women's draw of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling in dramatic fashion on Tuesday night.

Canada's Glenn Howard has won his fourth world men's curling championship. The Coldwater, Ont., skip and his team of Craig Savill, Brent Laing and Wayne Middaugh beat Scotland 8-7 in an extra end at Basel, Switzerland.

Canada's Heather Nedohin won the bronze medal at the women's world curling championship, defeating South Korea 9-6 on Sunday in Lethbridge, Alta.

Four-time world champion Randy Ferbey is retiring from competitive curling. He says he made the decision just over a week ago.

Canadian-born Melanie Robillard will skip Germany at the women's world curling championship starting Saturday.

Often a finalist at the Canadian men's curling championship, Glenn Howard was building a reputation for losing championship games. He put that behind him as he led Ontario to a 7-6 win over Alberta's Kevin Koe in the final of the Brier on Sunday.

Manitoba's Rob Fowler won the bronze medal at the Canadian men's curling championship with an 8-7 win in an extra end over Jamie Koe of Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Canada's Brendan Bottcher defeated Sweden 10-4 to win the gold medal at the world junior men's curling championship.

Jamie Koe of Yukon and Northwest Territories joined Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba in the playoffs at the Canadian men's curling championship. The Territories beat B.C.'s Jim Cotter 8-3 to capture the fourth and final playoff berth.

Pin collecting and trading is always a popular activity at curling events and the Brier has been no different.