Carl Frampton is no stranger to Las Vegas.

Backstreet Boys are back — but is that alright?

David Lemieux crossed the line between regular boxing parlance and the sort of talk which has no place in the sport by claiming he wants to damage Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan “for life”.

One of the key points to take from the madness of Mayweather-McGregor is this: maybe the word ‘circus’ should not have such negative connotations when it comes to unnarmed combat.

Las Vegas will be home to an NFL franchise after the league's 32 owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders.

Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal had him pride of place in their sports section, a stirring image spread across five columns of the topless Irishman screaming to his adoring masses.

ASK any soldier, sailor or airman who has fought — actually fought — in a conflict, they will most likely agree with that maxim about how wars are 99% boredom relieved by 1% terror. 

Jean-Baptiste Seckler is from France, a country that until September had never hosted a commissioned mixed martial arts event. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has yet to brought bring its all-swinging, all-dancing, seemingly all-conquering circus to French shores.

What next? After this, truly a night of nights... what next? Well, Motley Crue actually. And then Michael Bublé’s New Year’s Hangover Party.

It might have only lasted 13 seconds but the reaction to Conor McGregor brutally knocking out José Aldo went around the world for hours.

While May 2 heralded the end of boxing’s most notorious cold war inside the ring, it was the coming together of two prominent power brokers outside it which ultimately made the fight a reality.

It rained in Las Vegas on Monday evening. For about 15 minutes.

Stepping out of the sliding doors of McCarran International Airport into a July mid-afternoon on the fringe of the desert is not the most settling of experiences.

We really feel for Mark. 

In the middle of the utter chaos of every Las Vegas fight week, there is always an hour or so of excruciating boredom. This hour is so tedious it is almost comical.

The 18-year-old wasn't taking no for an answer when he was kicked out of a Gold Coast nightclub. So he sneaked back in.

When Hugh McMahon was kicked out of the Sin City nightclub on the Gold Coast not once but twice, he didn’t give up and head home.

The 44-year-old singer has signed up to headline the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas

Dressed in a black tracksuit with matching baseball cap, Andy Lee looks out from the vast balcony in his penthouse suite at the Las Vegas Cosmopolitan.

Robin Williams rejected a $600,000 offer to headline two Las Vegas shows two years before his death.

It was near 11 o’clock on Saturday night. The O2 had long since flushed its 9,500 patrons out into the dark and the smell of stale beer cloaked its corridors, but the evening’s business was far from over.

The world’s largest big wheel attraction started turning as tourists took in a unique overview of the Las Vegas Strip, with wide skies and craggy brown mountains in the distance.

Smarter, faster phones? Check. Technology you wear on your body? Yes. Massive TVs with mind-boggling resolution? Of course.

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Bruno Mars finds it "sexy" to sing about a woman's intimate area.

On the Camino Romantico ... in Spain

Britney Spears has confirmed her ‘X Factor’ departure.

An American university student has been named Miss Universe, defeating dozens of contestants from six continents to bring the crown back to the US after a drought of more than a decade.

Four crazy, blurred months have spun by since Katie Taylor claimed gold at the ExCel Arena in London and Peter Taylor, her father and coach, expressed the hope that his daughter would walk away from the ring for the last time.

AMIR KHAN is relishing his return to “the Mecca of boxing” when he takes on wily American veteran Zab Judah in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding is planning to have her hen party in Las Vegas.

LEYTON ORIENT captain Stephen Dawson hopes his display in Sunday’s FA Cup cracker with Arsenal has caught the eye of Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni.

THOUSANDS of Irish are today facing the prospect of another 24 hours stranded in destinations as diverse as Moldova, Paris, Copenhagen, Kosovo and the Maldives, despite airports being given the green light to operate last night.

Paris Hilton has denied rumours she once stripped off at a Las Vegas party to dance naked in front of wealthy businessmen - calling the stories a "complete fabrication".

Manchester’s light-welterweight king Ricky Hatton faces Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Casino in the early hours of tomorrow morning in the first super-fight of 2009. But has the economic downturn impacted on the appetite for big time boxing Stateside? Simon Lewis reports from Nevada.

Lindsay Lohan is apparently being lined up for a role in Las Vegas extravaganza 'Peepshow'.

Retired actor Joaquin Phoenix stunned partygoers at a Las Vegas club when he stepped to the stage to show off his newest endeavour, rapping.

How was Ultimate Fighting converted from ‘human cockfighting’ to a multi-million dollar brand? The only way to find out was by getting into the famed Octagon, suggested a brave Adrian Russell.

Kelly Osbourne has vowed never to wed in Las Vegas - because she has more 'class' than fellow rock offspring Peaches Geldof.

Pink has refused to give up on her relationship with estranged husband Carey Hart - they rang in 2009 together despite having split last year.

Hundreds of thousands of revellers rang in 2009 from a freezing Times Square as the famous Waterford crystal ball dropped, signalling the end of a historic and troubled year that saw the election of the first black US president and the worst economic crisis in decades.

Cher was forced to pull out of her Las Vegas residency at the weekend after suffering from bronchitis.

Barack Obama literally came out swinging as he took centre stage at a Las Vegas baseball stadium in a bid to woo voters in the key battleground state of Nevada.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has confirmed the sale of his Las Vegas nightclub 40/40.

Paris Hilton has her sights set on opening her own Las Vegas nightclub.

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker is reportedly expanding her nightlife empire, with a new hotspot in Las Vegas.