The Denver Nuggets secured a play-off berth for the first time in six years after a 114-105 win against the Boston Celtics.

Madonna has announced her 2012 World Tour. It includes a July 24 date in Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

The future of Liverpool Football Club could not be in safer hands than those of Tom Hicks, according to the man who runs another arm of the American businessman’s sporting empire.