The recent car park how's-your-father between former Australian Test captain, Ian Chappell, and England all-rounder, the beknighted Ian Botham, got the staff at backpagelead.com.au thinking about the all-time greatest sporting rifts, feuds and bust-ups.

And we didn't have to dig too deep to uncover a whole raft of them. Here are eight.

1. Ian ‘Chappelli' Chappell vs Ian ‘Beefy' Botham

What a feud! This battle has been going on since the 1970s with both men trading barbs since. Now one is 55, the other 67. Grumpy old men, or what?

The apparent hatred for each other started in a bar next to the Hilton Hotel during the Centenary Test in 1977. An uncapped 21-year-old Botham, who was playing district cricket for Melbourne University at the time, took umbrage to a comment that Chappell made about England.

According to Botham, the future English captain landed a stiff right hook that knocked Chappell off his stool and onto a table, scattering drinks. Botham said Chappell was last seen cowering as he walked off up the street.

Chappell's account of the night's events differ significantly with the Australian captain suggesting that he gave Botham a few choice words before the Englishmen pushed him off his stool. Chappell continued to give Botham a gob full as he proceeded out of the bar.

Since this night the pair only traded insults until the scuffle outside the Adelaide Oval on Monday night.

2. Muhammad Ali vs Smokin' Joe Frazier

The two boxers squared off with each other three times with the rivalry reaching its peak in the lead up to the second fight. Ali and Frazier both took part in the ABC sports show The Wide World of Sports to review their first fight before they faced each other in the ring.

Whilst both fighters were reviewing round 10, Ali continually called Frazier "ignorant" which enraged Frazier to the point where he stood over Ali who was still seated. Ali then grabbed Frazier by the neck before a scuffle ensued on the studio floor.

Further verbal assaults were exchanged between the two with Ali's tongue lashings getting the better of his foe.

The rivalry culminated after the third and final fight when Ali remarked, "Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him.''

3. 'Pistol' Pete Sampras vs Andre Agassi

During the late ‘90s and the earlier part of last decade this was the rivalry in world Tennis. It was no secret at the time that each player detested each other with only the quality of their tennis taking the spotlight off their feud.

Sampras allegedly referred to Agassi as a cocky and arrogant whilst Agassi's abuse generally revolved around Sampras' thriftiness when it came to financial issues.

In Agassi's 2009 autobiography the former world No.1 revealed that Sampras tipped a bus boy $1US dollar, which Agassi thought was a paltry figure for a person with the bank balance the size of Sampras'.

Here is a video of the two of them playing a charity match this year, when some of the tension bubbled to the surface after Sampras mimicked Agassi's pigeon-toed waddle.

4. Robert Walls vs Kevin Sheedy

The feud between the AFL greats has been going on for four decades with both men launching scathing personal attacks on each other over that period of time. The cracks started to appear in their relationship in 1967 when Walls began playing for Carlton, a rival of Sheedy's Tigers.

In 1981 both began their coaching careers and thus the verbal insults ensued. In 2007 Sheedy responded to criticism from Walls by saying that the former coach had no credibility and was a sniper in his playing days.

Sheedy further stirred the pot by suggesting that Walls was not worthy to be a coach and that his two years at Richmond were a waste.

"It's amazing that you can win a premiership and get into another Grand Final like he did at Carlton, and still be sacked two years after winning the flag. What does that say about him? What happened there?''

Walls was not always on the receiving end of the criticism either with the former Brisbane coach suggesting that Sheedy didn't understand the trials and tribulations of being a coach.

"You don't have a broad understanding of coaching Kevin, you don't understand what the average coach goes through."

5. Eldrick ‘Tiger' Woods vs Phil Mickelson

This rivalry may be more of a media driven feud than a personal hatred of each other, yet it can't be denied that the two have had their issues.

It has been heavily reported over the years that there is animosity between the two which often showed during majors and Ryder Cup rounds when they were the two were paired together.

Several scribes remarked that it looked like a marriage gone wrong but one in which neither party had filed the divorce papers yet.

The problems arose publicly again in 2008 when Woods' caddie, Steve Williams, made disparaging remarks about Mickelson, saying: "I wouldn't call Mickelson a great player ... because I hate the jerk."

Mickelson returned serve by saying: "After seeing Steve Williams' comments all I could think of was how lucky I am to have a class act like 'Bones' on my bag and representing me," Mickelson said, referring to his long-time caddie, Jim MacKay.

Woods clarified after this incident that he was good friends with Mickelson but we have since learnt that not everything Tiger says can be taken at face value.

6. Shane Warne vs Darryl Cullinan

What a doozy of a rivalry. For the best part of a decade, Shane Warne had Darryl Cullinan's number. Unlike Warne's past experiences he didn't use this number for texting, instead he proceeded to intimidate and taunt the South African middle-order batsmen into submission.

Cullinan admitted to seeing a psychiatrist because of the battle with Warne. This did not stop the Australian spinner however, delivering this line to Cullinan as he arrived at the crease: "I'm going to send you straight back to the leather couch."

The South African was not all ways the victim in this battle though as this exchange shows.

Warne: "I've been waiting two years to humiliate you again."

Cullinan: "Looks like you spent the time eating."

Although this would not have had the same mental affect that years of leg breaks, flippers and sliders did, it still would have managed to garner a chuckle from each player.

7. Boston Red Sox vs the New York Yankees

This rivalry would have to be one of the oldest, most famous and fiercest rivalries in American sport. Although the feud is over 100 years old the period of time when the rivalry intensified was in the early nineteen hundreds, more specifically 1919.

This was the last year that the great Herman ‘Babe' Ruth played for the Red Sox before departing for their main enemy, the New York Yankees. This transaction was the precursor to a period in Red Sox history where they were unable to win a World Series for 83 years. This period was known as ‘The Curse of the Bambino' which culminated in 2003, not before every heart in Boston broke several times over.

Like many rivalries in the English Premier League if you are in the opposition town and you're wearing the jersey or hat of the away team, you best run or find a good place to hide.

8. Tonya Harding vs Nancy Kerrigan

This feud is certainly the bloodiest on the list and maybe the most one-sided of the eight. In 1984, a mystery man clad in black hit American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan above the knee with an iron bar weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics. It transpired that Jeff Gilooly, Harding sometimes husband, plotted the attack.

Gilooly insisted that Harding knew of and assisted in the attack however Harding denied such allegations. The ensuing ‘Skategate' scandal captivated the world and, even though she avoided a jail sentence, Harding was forced to withdraw from the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships.

Since 1994, Harding has attempted to resurrect her career through an array of gimmicks and promotions including a short lived boxing career, forming a band, sports commentator and media personality. All have sensationally failed.