There was a tragic football story in The Sun last week that, frankly, had us reaching for our hankies. Hereford United's mascot Napoleon the bull had to be put down after "falling off his lover during sex and breaking his leg". Napoleon, as only The Sun could put it, "paid the ultimate penalty after scoring with a young heifer in a field". Mike Worthing, spokesman for Hereford's supporters' association, said: "It's tragic - but it was a hell of a way to go." Financial strains, in the form of palimony, might also have played their part in Napoleon's demise because, during his four year career, he sired 200 calves. Life goes on, though, and already the successor to Hereford's 1998 Bull of the Year has been named: a three-quarter ton pedigree called Rembrandt. Rest in peace Napoleon, it's seems like you met your Waterloo.