Compiled by MARY HANNIGAN

Tea leaf: Wiggins' kit lifted

"Watch your kit at the Foxhills spa in Surrey, there is a tea leaf about," Bradley Wiggins tweeted on Sunday night after some of his Olympic training gear went missing from a changing room while he was having a sauna and shower.

The Foxhills Country Estate, a pricey spot in the Surrey countryside, wasn’t happy, Wiggins claiming he had been forced to remove his message: “Gotta delete tweet Re the thief, bad PR, never mind my kit though!”

Foxhills, meanwhile, issued a statement in response:

“Foxhills Club Resort Surrey have played proud host to Team GB Cycling pre and during their London 2012 journey …. During his visit Wiggins arrived in his Official Team GB training Cycling Kit before leaving it unattended on the changing room benches of the Men’s Locker Room whilst then using the sauna and shower facilities.

“Upon returning back to the locker room it seems that Cycling Fever has well and truly really hit the Surrey club as the Official Team GB training lycra were nowhere to be seen. It seems an overzealous fan has scored a fantastic London 2012 souvenir.”

This, in turn, led to accusations that management was condoning the theft, which, they denied.

Of course, the most fantastic London 2012 souvenir imaginable would be that gold medal Wiggins picked up yesterday. You have to hope the Foxhills tea leaf doesn’t “score” it.

Medal rush: Spreading

You'd imagine you wouldn't need any added incentive to win an Olympic medal, but the New Zealand team has just been given one – a quite spectacular one too.

No, not the promise of a million dollars, the guarantee that every medallist will receive jars of Marmite, the scarcity of which this year has made it worth its weight in gold. Well, almost.

"The spread has been in short supply since March, after the manufacturer was forced to close its only factory because of earthquake damage," the BBC reported. "The shortage of Marmite has been dubbed 'Marmageddon' by the media. Members of the eventing team, who won the countrys first medal, were the first to collect their Marmite, going to Kiwi House the following day to pick up their jars."

Production of the delicious/horrific spread (delete according to taste) will not resume until later this year, so this is quite a carrot to dangle before the NZ team. Expect a medal rush.