LET’S put the scale of Saturday’s Heineken Cup semi-final into perspective. The Champions League final featuring Manchester United and Chelsea in Moscow last season attracted an audience of 67,310.

Bruce Springsteen's half-time performance at Super Bowl XLIII has given his latest album a boost - pushing the CD up the US music charts.

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The downturn in the global economy has hit Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire hard - he's had to scrap his nine-year-old tradition of holding a pre-Super Bowl party before the big game at the weekend.