NBA ROUND-UP: LeBron James (left) posted a triple-double and Anthony Davis scored 33 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 120-116 in overtime Wednesday night.

A basketball card featuring both Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, as well as logo patches from their respective jerseys, has sold for a record $900,000.

The NBA's best players will descend on Chicago this weekend as the 69th edition of the All-Star game takes place in the Windy City. 

It's boxing versus basketball. Floyd Mayweather Jr is far from happy after he was snubbed for the Male Athlete of the Decade in favour of NBA star LeBron James.

LeBron James had 40 points and eight rebounds in his first career meeting with Zion Williamson while leading the LA Lakers to their sixth straight victory, 118-109 over the New Orleans Pelicans.

Details have emerged from the Lakers' team flight back to Los Angeles on January 26, when they learned Kobe Bryant had died, prompting LeBron James to lead a group prayer circle.

LeBron James keeps finding ways to assert his supremacy over the upstart New Orleans Pelicans and rookie sensation Zion Williamson - with or without the help of Anthony Davis.

Anthony Davis scored 30 points, LeBron James added 28 and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clippers 112-103 on Sunday, ending their Staples Center co-tenant's six-game winning streak.

More than $5million will be refunded to thousands of fans who bought tickets to a basketball that used false advertising to claim LeBron James would be playing.

Russell Crowe has joined in with basketball fans who are furious over the seating fiasco as Australia took on the USA in Melbourne on Thursday night. 

Michelle Obama proved herself to be queen of the dodgeball court on Monday night, as she led Team USA to victory over Team UK in a match that aired on The Late Late Show.

A staffer at the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center in Lancaster, Texas, allegedly told the boy that President Trump was working on a law to have him deported.

Former Vice President Joe Biden rallied with supporters in South Carolina, where he fielded a question about whether he would put Michelle Obama on the ticket.

In season eight of the hit sitcom, Joey and Rachel began a relationship after several years of Joey's flirtatious behaviour, and after she realised she was pregnant with Ross's baby

The former Friends star was on a night out with pal Jennifer Meyer.

The Golden Globe-winning former couple - who divorced in 2005 - smiled coyly as they affectionately greeted each other backstage at the Shrine Auditorium

While it has been more than twenty-five years since the popular American television show FRIENDS first aired, the outfits worn by Rachel Green are still relevant today.

The actress, 50, looked typically stylish in a smart black blazer and matching leather trousers while leaving exclusive enclave San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood.

Emery opted against playing his star strike partnership of Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, dropping the Frenchman for new boy Nicolas Pepe.

ADAM SHERGOLD: Man United's inability to break down a resolute Crystal Palace defence on Saturday exposed a dearth of passing and creativity in midfield that needs to be addressed.

PAUL FARBRACE: What we saw at Headingley from Ben Stokes was the performance of a cricketer who has matured as a person and now fully understands what he's capable of.

The 15-year-old recovered from losing the first set 6-3 to claim the next two 6-2, 7-5 against a player 68 places higher up in the rankings.

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.

A report suggested a late challenge may be made to the decision to allow racing to return, with France Galop and its trotting equivalent saying they had been in talks regarding resumption plans.

Samuel Naylor, 37, wrongly described Mr Corbyn as leader of the Liberal Democrats and also called for an end to leaflets being delivered to his home in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Labour's membership has reportedly grown by 60,000 people since the party's devastating general election defeat.

Rebecca Long-Bailey told an event she had been left in a 'state of shock' by the scale of their defeat on December 12, when Labour handed Boris Johnson an 80-seat Tory majority.

Boris Johnson today risked a major row with Donald Trump after he claimed the UK's extradition arrangements with the US are 'imbalanced'.

The rudderless party could lose 315 councillors and control of heartland cities including Sheffield under the worst-case scenario laid out for the May 7 poll.

The Sydney backbench MP and former tennis star charged taxpayers $91 so he could stay at his luxury retreat at Kangaroo Valley on the NSW South Coast. That was before $266 in car travel costs.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been slammed for holidaying in Hawaii during the bushfire crisis.

Martin Parkinson, who last year retired as head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, has described China's economic threat against Australia as a 'wake-up call' and a 'favour'.

A poll by Harvard Harris shows that Clinton would get 18percent of the vote if she entered the race today, while 19percent of Democrats would vote for Biden.

Stone is on trial at federal court in Washington D.C. and denies lying to Congress about WikiLeaks, and witness tampering. Credico said he was not Stone's conduit to Julian Assange.

Hillary Clinton said that the treatment of Meghan Markle over the past three years has been 'heartbreaking and wrong', accusing some criticism of having a 'racial element'.

Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump's administration during a scathing 12-minute address to the Jewish Labor Committee in New York last night.

An unnamed Seattle Police Department officer has been terminated following an internal investigation into Instagram post he made about President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

'Nobody likes him,' rages Hillary Clinton. 'Nobody wants to work with him.' She was talking about Bernie Sanders, a fellow Democrat and the man now leading the polls to be the party's official nominee.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will win the first delegates of the Iowa caucus, largely thanks to a group of Ethiopian immigrants who work at a pork processing plant.

Sergeant Alex Blackman went into hell many times for the corps and this country - and he gave the senior officer corps of the Royal Marines his total loyalty, writes FREDERICK FORSYTH.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman, 41, is serving eight years for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in the heat of battle in Afghanistan in 2011.

‘They don’t say Agatha Christie is cosy, do they? My books are very easy to read, which means people assume they’re easy to write, which isn’t the case'

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for maintaining a healthy, clear-water pond with thriving wildlife. He recommends placing a site in part-shade or sun.

Nicholas Lyndhurst, who is still instantly recognisable as Rodney, recalled larking around with his former co-stars on the legendary sitcom. He is soon to appear in musical Man Of La Mancha in London.

The 145-year-old grade II structure has developed defects which are causing masonry to plunge off the edge. Engineers have discovered fractures along its 24 arches, which tower 100ft above ground.

Spain's Health Ministry confirmed 721 new cases and 179 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, among the lowest increases since the outbreak of the pandemic in March.

An employment tribunal in Llandudno, Wales, ruled Andrew Weatherby, 50, was sexually harrassed by a female coworker. It heard that she threatened to make 'his life hell' if he reported her to his boss.

Temperatures are predicted to hit 26C (78.8F) as most of the country will bask in warm sunshine while London and the South East will be hotter than Ibiza and St Tropez.

On Sunday, seven direct messages were reportedly sent from the 71-year-old's account, including one that featured sixteen knife emojis and the words 'You next'.

Kris Jenner is still feeling raw emotions when discussing her late friend. She was a longtime friend of Simpson and, in a clip for an upcoming episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashian.