FASCINATING Wimbledon fact No 1. Forget Roger Federer's bandana, Norman Brookes was the first Wimbledon winner to wear headgear in the final - sporting a tweed cap in his 1914 men's singles win over Tony Wilding. Serena Williams was the last women - wearing what organisers poshly call 'a tiara'.

HERE'S one for Carol Vorderman fans. Goran Ivanisevic is the only Wimbledon champion whose entire name is an alternation of consonants and vowels.

ALL England Club officials issued an instruction yesterday that no TV should be tuned into ITV's coverage of the British Grand Prix. Last year they were less than impressed with the large crowd that gathered outside the referees office to watch England's penalty shoot-out defeat to Portugal in the World Cup.

THEY are also not amused with BBC tennis producer Paul Davies, who claimed at a private media function that he hoped Lewis Hamilton crashed at Silverstone, so viewers would switch over to the Beeb's tennis coverage.

DOGS aren't normally allowed on Centre Court but yesterday as a special exception. 16-year-old Sidney Tambin, the UK's youngest guide dog owner, was accompanied by loyal pooch Jamie as he performed the ceremonial coin toss before the men's singles final.

PIERCE Brosnan was so touched that beaten women's finalist Marion Bartoli dedicated her semi-final win to him that he is inviting her to the premiere of his next movie 'Butterfly on a Wheel' - in which he plays a dangerously efficient sociopath.