Ronnie O'Sullivan delivered a filth-fuelled press conference to shocked Chinese media. That's what those of us who hadn't seen it were told yesterday. The video above shows the media session in question and it's not quite how I'd imagined it.

Crude, obscenity-ridden rants at the top of Ronnie's voice are notable by their absence. Smutty, schoolboylike, juvenile stage-whispered asides are, however, liberally sprinkled throughout.

Watch as Ronnie...

• wields his microphone like a penis


• offers it for waiting reporters to suck


• analyses his microphone's "girth"


• and much, much (well alright, not a lot) more

This was less Ronnie, more Rodney. The snooker star looks and sounds like the Only Fools And Horses legend as he inspects his weapon in front of a camera that he either didn't see or didn't care about. Certainly, when he moves the microphone to his mouth and says, "Suck my prick?" to the waiting media, he can't have been overly bothered.

What would we do without characters in sport, eh? Just in case you're utterly appalled and need to balance things out, try Rebecca Romero for size. She's just become cycling world champion in the women's 3000m individual pursuit but, more importantly, she could become the first British woman ever to win medals in two separate summer Olympic sports.

Four years ago she won rowing silver in Athens with the women's quadruple scull. This year, if she qualifies for Beijing (which as world champion you'd imagine is likely), she'll be a contender for gold. By all accounts she's an incredible woman and in her post-race interview last night she came across as a very likeable individual.

If you're interested you can find out more here, watch her become world champion here, and visit her website here.