Lob Wedge War

Tennis - Blimey, first they want equal voting rights, then they started setting light to our vests and now it's equal pay for women tennis players at Wimbledon. Which is strange because I always thought they got the same. But apparently Wimbledon's the last Grand Slam not to award both sexes the same prize money. No surprise that the All England Club are a little slow on the uptake of changes in modern society but there you go. It's not right though, is it - equal pay for women tennis players? They only play three sets max and, as I recall, most of the matches end 6-0 6-0 to Billie Jean King. Plus, all that extra time not playing five sets means they can all enter the doubles so they're probably making even more cash than the fellas! It's an outrage. Mind you I haven't paid much notice since Buster Mottram got banned for attempting to kill that line judge with his second serve. Now there was a forward thinking young man.

isporty wants to know what tragic discrimination you've been faced with in your sport. Do they take one look at you at the gate and say: "Dustbin day's Friday mate." Or "Clear off, we don't like your kind round these parts." Let us know and we'll get it sorted no dramas.

Told you!

Stricken England boss faces devastating climbdown

Football - David Beckham was close to an England recall last night as Steve McClaren prepared to make a huge U-turn and admit he’s been a total fool. The England manager watched tapes of Beckham's man of the match display for Real Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League and admitted he was close to welcoming the former skipper back into the fold. McClaren said: "It gives me a problem. On the one hand I’m going to look like a spineless muppet who doesn’t know his own mind, and on the other hand I wouldn’t mind winning a match at some stage. It's a thundering nuisance, I don’t mind telling you."

isporty would like to know if you've ever had to make a difficult selection decision involving someone you clearly don't like but is obviously the best person in their position? Or, have you been left out of things at your sporting club because the berk in charge couldn't see how great you really are? Email us now before you forget...

Bellamy & Riise — Marriage on cards?

Football Astonishing revelations from Anfield

You couldn't bleedin' make it up could you? Just when you thought Craig Bellamy was going to be consigned to the great footballing graveyard in the sky (or Portsmouth or somewhere) he goes and turns in a blinder, scoring Liverpool's first when the Barca keeper got scared of his header and ran away into his own net, and then... wait for it, teeing up John Arne Riise for the second! Bellamy, dubbed the 'Nutter with the Putter' after attacking Riise with a golf club last week, said: "I hope this will put an end to all the nonsense. The fact is that John Arne Riise and I are very much in love. That whole thing with the golf club was no more than anyone would have done if they'd caught the man they loved winking at Peter Crouch. I'm sorry, that's just me. John knows who I am and what I'm capable of, I just hope the gaffer sees it the same way." Riise, sporting a magnificent diamond ring, couldn't conceal his glee: "It's true, we're engaged. It was very romantic. We were playing golf and Craig asked me if I had any spare Titleist ProV1s as he had just shanked his last one into the trees, so I looked in my golf bag and there it was, an engagement ring. Well, you hear about things like this in Mills & Boon books but when it happens to you, well.." Riise reckoned it was written in the stars that both he and Bellamy would get engaged and prove to be Euro heroes all in the same week. He said: "It was destiny for both of us, I think. Craig and myself have had a difficult build-up but we’ve put it behind us. I hope the press will now respect our privacy and leave us to enjoy our honeymoon."

isporty would like to know if you've ever accidentally fallen in love with a team mate/running partner etc after they attacked you with a sporting item unrelated to your actual specialist sport? Did it affect your game or spur you on to greater things?