Eurosport has updated its website and the World Championships section now reflects the upcoming 2006 event in Calgary (rather than the 2005 event in Moscow). TV coverage begins in the afternoon on 20 March, starting with the Mens (qualifying) and the Pairs short. If you get Eurosport via TopUp TV, coverage of late evening events will be truncated as the channel cuts out at 11.30pm.

Looking ahead to the BBC’s schedules, the broadcaster appears to have followed its usual policy of ignoring ice skating: no coverage is listed before 22 March (but you can absorb non-stop Commonwealth Games until you choke).

Website: www.eurosport.com/figureskating/world-championships/2006/