The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have rubbed shoulders with Brooklyn royalty when they met Jay Z and Beyonce at a New York basketball match.

A lawsuit filed against Donald Sterling accuses the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner of repeatedly subjecting a woman who worked for him to sexual demands and racist comments and says he fired her when she protested.

The National Basketball Association has apologised to former player Earvin Magic Johnson after Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling called him a bad role model for contracting HIV.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the NBA over racist comments, has apologised and asked for forgiveness in his first public statement since the controversy began last month.

Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman led an auditorium of North Koreans in singing Happy Birthday to their leader yesterday.

Jay-Z is keen to expand his business empire.

The US State Department has criticised North Korea for “wining and dining” visiting ex-National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman while its own people go hungry.

Stan Kroenke’s controlling interest in Arsenal has been officially ratified by the Premier League and the American has given other shareholders a fortnight to accept his unconditional offer for their holdings.

Barack Obama honoured a predecessor, Germany’s leader and artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to society that he said spoke to “who we are as a people”.

ARSENAL shareholder Stan Kroenke has announced he will exercise his right of first refusal to push through a complete takeover of the NFL’s St Louis Rams.

FORMER mafia crime boss Michael Franzese says top-level tennis matches are being influenced by gamblers and the sport would be his prime focus were he still in the business of impacting outcomes.

A domestic dispute erupted in gunfire at broadcast giant CNN’s headquarters, killing a woman and critically wounding the ex-boyfriend who pulled a gun on her.

A man and a woman were shot inside the building complex that houses CNN’s headquarters in what US police described as a “domestic situation.”

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has launched a merchandising war against counterfeit copies of his Sean John Canada fashion line to generate awareness about the country's growing bootleg clothing problem.

Rapper/actor Will Smith is being linked with a consortium interested in investing in National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Philadelphia 76ers.

Desperate Housewives star star Eva Longoria is so desperate to save her relationship with Tony Parker, she is flying to France to try and patch things up.

NINE US basketball players have been suspended after an on-court brawl spilled into the stands and nearly turned into a riot.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter today warned against England’s elite clubs being allowed to take control of the Football Association.

THE stage is set for America’s latest celebrity trial of the century, with basketball icon Kobe Bryant due in court tomorrow to answer to rape charges that have spotlighted the issues of fame, sex, riches and race.

British Airways yesterday plunged to its worst-ever loss of £45 million in the first quarter, and said the cost of last week’s wildcat swipe card strike could be £40 million.

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