This year's Davos World Economic Forum is turning out to be something of a curse. First President Lula of Brazil failed to make it after being taken ill on his plane. Now Rupert Murdoch isn't coming either – the rumours are that he has hurt his neck. If you're a power broker flying into Davos this week, remember that these things tend to run in threes.

A man's aggressive tendencies are written in his facial features, according to a study that has found a link between bad temper and the shape of a man's face.

Guy Maddin's homage to his home town of Winnipeg is an outstanding and often hilarious piece of film-making

SHEFFIELD STEELERS last night blew the chance to go top of the Superleague as Nottingham Panthers gained sweet revenge for their agonising defeat on Boxing Day.

SHEFFIELD STEELERS moved to within a point of the top of the Sekonda Superleague after a last-gasp victory over Nottingham Panthers. Kip Noble was the Steelers hero, his double earning his side a 3-2 victory at the Sheffield Arena.

MANCHESTER STORM are believed to have agreed a swap deal with London Knights enabling Rick Brebant to leave the MEN Arena and Ryan Duthie to move north.

JIM LYNCH, coach of the Ayr Scottish Eagles, has vowed to bring in two new faces by the start of the year in an attempt to bolster his side's Superleague title challenge.

AYR SCOTTISH EAGLES piled on the misery for the Superleague leaders London Knights with a 6-3 victory at the Centrum Arena on Sunday night.

London Knights 3 Manchester Storm 3 ot; Manchester win 1-0 on pens

MIKE BLAISDELL'S honeymoon period as coach of Sheffield Steelers came to an end with a 6-3 defeat by Ayr Scottish Eagles in the Superleague.

Sir: Not half a million more.... No: half a million less!

GREAT BRITAIN look likely to be given vital home advantage for their play-off against Norway later this month for a place among the world elite.

MIKE BLAISDELL is set to become the front-runner for the Sheffield Steelers coaching vacancy after yesterday handing in his resignation at Nottingham Panthers.

Ed Courtenay, of Sheffield Steelers, has been named the "Face to Watch" for October. The 31-year-old forward, a former NHL player with the San Jose Sharks, is in his third season with the Steelers. He dominated the Superleague scoring chart in October, with six goals and seven assists from eight games, and is top of the overall scoring table with 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) from 14 games.