One fixture that should be unaffected...

ICE HOCKEY: Manchester Phoenix expect to have top scorer Ed Courtenay available for this weekend’s crunch English Premier League fixtures, at home to Peterborough tomorrow (7pm) and at Romford on Sunday (5.15).

The 41-year-old Canadian is currently at home in South Carolina as he awaits a flight to the UK. But club officials expect the 31-goal hot-shot to take to the ice this weekend.

He was clearly missed in the club’s two defeats last weekend and Phoenix will be looking for an immediate return to form as they try to cut Milton Keynes’ four-point lead at the top of the English Premier League.