As dull but worthy stories go it is hard to top a tale about the merger of two non-departmental public bodies.
But trust me, Monday's announcement that Sport England and UK Sport are to become a single agency (they hate the word quango) is less boring and more important than it sounds.
Before I explain why, however, I should probably tell you what they do.
Sport England funds grassroots projects and is responsible for boosting participation in sport and protecting the country's playing fields.
UK Sport bankrolls Team GB's Olympic and Paralympic preparations. It is all about elite activity and sits at the top of British sport's participation pyramid.
Clearly, there is some crossover in what they do but the two areas of expertise and responsibility are pretty separate.
Between them, they spend about £200m of public money a year at the moment, with much of this coming from the National Lottery.
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He was never going to go quietly, was he?
Despite being 40 minutes off the pace and reduced to "tourist on a bike" status, Lance Armstrong's leaving of the Tour de France was in keeping with his 17-year relationship with the world's greatest bike race.
When Tour officials noticed Armstrong's Team RadioShack were wearing unauthorised jerseys for Sunday's final stage, they halted proceedings and made them put their official kit back on.
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Question: when is a team-mate not really a mate at all?
Answer: when he is the only bloke on the grid you can really be compared against.
That is why F1 team-mates are more like two cats in a bag than a couple of pals in a garage.
It is also why thousands of fans will flock to Silverstone this weekend to see McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton race Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. And each other. Especially each other.
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An embarrassing climbdown? A victory for common sense? Or a calendar mix-up now resolved?
Whatever. The news that England will be sending a strong squad to the Under-19 European Championship in France is undeniably a good thing. It is also an indication that maybe, just maybe, we might have learned something from events in South Africa.
Confirmation of this encouraging development will come later this week when England U19 coach Noel Blake announces a squad that should be close to full strength.
The former Exeter City manager is losing his three best players (Blackburn's Phil Jones, Everton's Jack Rodwell and Jack Wilshere of Arsenal) to Stuart Pearce's U21s but he will not be too despondent, given the threat of widespread unavailability from his Premier League contingent.
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As I was heading out of the office last week to interview British cycling star Mark Cavendish, I asked the boss what kind of thing he wanted.
"Erm, you know, Tour de France, green jersey, Lance, Wiggins...oh, and why he is such a head case."
So there you have it. Just 25, only four years into his professional career and Cavendish already has the kind of reputation it normally takes a lifetime of boorish behaviour to acquire.
The HTC-Columbia rider is not one to wait around for that, though, he has been on a mission in the bad boy stakes of late. A feud with another sprinter in his own team, a public slap-on-the-wrist for a two-fingered victory salute and a massive crash that provoked renewed debate about his riding style, it has been quite a year already.
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