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Eve Muirhead set new records in curling by winning the Players' Championship.

The Scottish skip defeated Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson 8-5 in Toronto, the same rink she beat to win the World Championship title in Riga in March.

She said: "It feels great to be the first European team to win a Grand Slam as well as the first team to win a Players' Championship after winning the World Championship.

"It caps off an unreal season for Team Muirhead."

Muirhead, whose rink won $35,500 for their triumph in Canada, added: "We've trained so hard and worked so hard, and to know it all paid off is a relief."

Earlier in the event, part of the World Curling Tour, her rink had beaten Alberta's Renee Sonnenberg in the quarter-finals and Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan in the semi-final.

On top of those major tournament wins, Muirhead and her team of Anna Sloan, Vicky Adams and Claire Hamilton won the Scottish national title for the fourth time in February.

Muirhead will now hope this run of form can continue into the Winter Olympics in Sochi next February.