What a Fabulous Weekend of Sport on TV

The weekend arrived on the back of the first test match in Cardiff between England and Australia and the ongoing Tour de France with a stunning backdrop of the mountains of Andorra.

Saturday saw the final practice session and qualifying for the German Grand Prix whilst the cricket and cycling continued. In the evening we were treated to watching Ukraine - the reigning champions - overcome Italy 3:2 in the final of the 2009 Summer Universiade football competition.

Into Sunday and we had the German Grand Prix - congratulations to Mark Webber for his first F1 race win - cycling in the Pyrenees mountains - apparently supporters had been camping for a week or more for the chance to see their heroes - and an exciting, tense finish to the cricket from Cardiff.

Over this weekend of sport there were a few interviews that caught my eyes and ears:

Prior to the start of the mountain climb in yesterdays tour the reporter from Eurosport asked the Australian cyclist Cadel Evans if he had any surprises in store for the viewers today. Evans thought for a minute and replied, in a perfectly dead-pan tone 'if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, would it'. True.

In the Mail on Sunday newspaper (I wouldn't normally read it but who can turn down a free Harry Potter sticker album? not my wife apparently) Chris Power commented that after qualifying for the race in fifth place 'Lewis Hamilton's nightmare year came to an end ...'. Approximately 15 seconds into the race Hamilton picked up a puncture before exiting the first corner and his day was effectively over.

Reacting to his team-mate Landon Donovan's comments that he was unprofessional David Beckham said 'It's unprofessional in my eyes. In every football player's eyes throughout the world it would be unprofessional to speak out about a team-mate especially in the press and not to your face'. Beckham went on to say that he'd take it up with Donovan when he next sees him.

Today has been a rest day on the Tour, the cricket has finished until Thursday and the next Grand Prix is a fortnight away. The next football on note isn't until mid-August (I'm ignoring the pre-season tournaments that the media are promoting at the moment for obvious reasons).

The BBC tried to fill the void today with coverage of the World Rowing Championship. Thanks anyway for trying.