NBA: Michael Jordan ‘Last Dance’ jersey sells for £9m
A Michael Jordan jersey from his ‘Last Dance’ season has sold for $12.3m (£9.3m), a record for a piece of Jordan memorabilia.
The jersey was worn in game three of the 1998 NBA Finals in his last season with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan helped the Bulls win the series 4-2 for his sixth and final NBA Championship. He was named Finals’ Most Valuable Player in all six.
The previous record for a piece of Jordan memorabilia was $10.1m (£7.6m) for his jersey from game one of the 1998 Finals.
The jersey was put up for sale by entrepreneur Ryan Gough and sold at Joopiter, Pharrell Williams’ digital auction house, which gave it an estimated price of $10-15m (£7.5-£11.3m).
Jordan’s 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello was sold for $2.7m (£2m), four times the auction record for that model.
“Few objects in the history of sport embody greatness as completely as Michael Jordan’s game three jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals,” Joopiter said in the auction posting.
“Worn during the Last Dance… it marks the culmination of an era that transformed basketball into a global cultural phenomenon.
“Today it stands among the most important game-worn sports artifacts ever to come to market.”
The record price for a piece of game-worn sports memorabilia is the jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth when he “called the shot” during the 1932 World Series, which was sold for $24.1m (£18.2m) in 2024.
Liam Gallagher’s cheeky joke to fans who missed out on tickets as Oasis sells out 42-date tour after scam alert
LIAM Gallagher has made a cheeky joke to fans who missed out on Oasis Live ’27 tickets after all 42 dates sold out in three days.
Tickets went on sale on Friday and remained available over the weekend before completely selling out.
Following the news, Liam, 52, took to X this evening to issue a statement as he left a parting joke with their fans.
He said: “That’s all folks, we have officially sold out. No more tickets left.
“Congratulations to everyone who got a ticket and to those who didn’t, sneak in, f**k it, YOLO. LG x.”
Excited fans who managed to luckily get tickets rushed to the comments section as one said: “See you in 2027, Liam!
“I’ll be travelling just to see you guys! Best wishes from Costa Rica!”
Another person commented: “See you at Knebworth! Let’s have it!”
However, some unlucky fans weren’t able to get their hands on tickets as one fumed: “I was manifesting it so much, I’m upset.”
While a second moaned: “Liam I’m so sad, I was born and raised on Oasis and I didn’t get a code. I hope I can see you one day.”
Pre-registered fans were randomly selected to receive a unique code for nine onsale windows running from Friday to Sunday.
This registration process was the only way members of the general public could buy tickets.
Since the tickets have sold out, fans have been issued with a warning to remain vigilant and avoid scams on social media.
Resale tickets will only be available to purchase via the Ticketmaster and Twickets websites, for the prices originally paid, nearer to the tour dates.
Earlier today, Liam and Noel, 59, issued the stark warning to desperate fans considering buying from sites selling tickets to their gigs at inflated prices.
The statement on the Oasis social media pages said: “All codes have now been sent out, with the final sale windows happening today.
“Please avoid scams involving social media accounts selling codes or tickets. These will be fake or invalid.
“Tickets currently on secondary websites are liable to be cancelled.
“Resale tickets will be available nearer the events and will only be available, at the price originally paid, through Ticketmaster and Twickets.”
Brothers Noel and Liam will kick off their 2027 mega world tour with performances at the Parkhead stadium on May 21, 23, 25, 28 and 29.
Heartbroken Kelly Osbourne PICTURED with secret new love 13 years younger who sells his pants & performs live sex shows
SHE described the year her father Ozzy Osbourne died and her subsequent split from fiance Sid Wilson as the “hardest” and “worst” of her life.
But things are looking up for Kelly Osbourne, as we can reveal she has been secretly dating a tattooed OnlyFans model, 13 years her junior.
The Sun can reveal mum-of-one Kelly, 41, has been spending time with hunky Brad, 28, for months after connecting online.
Brad, who goes by the name Uglynorth on the over-18 platform, charges fans £10 to view his racy content, telling them: “If you like a man who’s loyal, eager, and easy to please… I’m right here. Just say hi, or slip something into my tip jar.”
Other posts are much more explicit and he offers followers the chance to collaborate with him and film sexual acts together.
His big-money earner, however, is selling his used underwear to his fans. In January, he sold off 12 pairs.
Alongside another saucy snap, the model, who is also a tattoo artist, added: “If you want exclusive attention… show me you’re serious. I treat daddies very well.”
He has been described as “insanely hung” online.
His Instagram account is however much tamer, mostly showing off his tattoo work. Kelly has been showing her appreciation by liking his recent posts.
Kelly – who split from former Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson in March – was seen linking arms with Brad in a hotel lobby.
The pair looked smitten at a restaurant launch party at Manchester’s Treehouse Hotel on Wednesday night.
They then joined the boozy bash upstairs, spending time together in a private area where she placed her hands under Brad’s T-shirt and up his back.
One onlooker said: “There were hundreds of people around them but that didn’t seem to bother Kelly.
“They couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Kelly is clearly really happy with him.
Just months after splitting from Sid, Kelly is said to be unconcerned about Brad’s racy side hustle.
The onlooker added: “Some people might be snooty about dating someone who does adult work, but Kelly isn’t worried.
“It has raised a few eyebrows amongst her close friends, but she doesn’t care.
“She’s been through so much with Ozzy dying and her split from Sid, so it’s lovely to see her smiling again.”
TV star and singer Kelly spent around three hours at the party before being driven home to Buckinghamshire.
And it seems Kelly could be gearing up to hard launch her new man as last week, Kelly shared a snap online of them together watching Bon Jovi at Wembley.
Sources say Kelly started chatting to Brad, from Doncaster, South Yorks, online following her split from Sid, 49, and things became flirty between them.
Kelly and Sid began dating in 2022, having been friends for more than 20 years before that.
She gave birth to their son Sidney in November of that year.
In July 2025, Sid proposed to Kelly backstage at the last concert for her dad Ozzy’s band Black Sabbath at Villa Park in Birmingham.
During the proposal, Ozzy jokingly told Sid: “F**k off, you’re not marrying my daughter!”
Ozzy, who had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for years, died of a heart attack 17 days later aged 76.
Kelly and Sid split earlier this year, with insiders claiming he “has a lot he needs to work through on his own”.
They also said that Kelly “doesn’t want the drama in her life right now”, and that her priority is being there for her mum Sharon, 73.
After the split, Kelly was romantically linked to non-binary LA-based hairdresser Kiinicki, 37.
But in July of this year, the star swore off men and dating, declaring: “Dating is the last thing on my mind. I love being single.”
“I’ve got my baby. I’m ambivalent. All men are the same. It’s rough.”
She spent the summer concentrating on herself and her well-being.
It came at the right time – Kelly had sparked concern with her increasingly tiny frame since her father Ozzy’s death last year.
It seemed overnight the once bubbly star had drastically shrunk in size, which led to her receiving thousands of cruel comments about her appearance online.
She admitted earlier this month that she was gobsmacked when she saw a picture of herself from the Brits.
“I looked like the f****** Crypt Keeper. I said, ‘This is scary. I didn’t know I looked like this.’ My spine – you could see every single bone,” Kelly admitted.
She added: “I couldn’t see what other people saw because I was in so much pain. I just saw a broken person.”
But since then Kelly has gained weight again and is starting to look happy and healthy once more, proving there is light after the deepest grief.
She might have declared herself off men, but after a tragic twelve months, no one can blame her for her romantic U-turn, or for enjoying every second of it.”
A representative for Kelly said: “Kelly and Brad are not dating.
“They share a close friendship and their relationship is entirely platonic.”
Arab News | Dubai-founded app Peekabox sells restaurants’ surplus food at a fraction of the price
DUBAI: A late-night craving for dessert led Hasan Sarwar to leave investment banking and build Peekabox, a Dubai-founded app that sells fresh unsold food from cafes, bakeries and grocery stores at discounts of 50 to 70 percent.
Sarwar was in a Dubai cafe at about 11 p.m. when he noticed the pastry shelves were still full.
“I simply asked them, I said: ‘What do you guys actually do with these items?’ And they said, ‘We make it in the morning, and then throw it the same day,’” he told Arab News. “All of these sort of very high-end pastries are getting thrown every single day.”
He went on to develop the idea, comparing it to Too Good To Go, a model he had used while at university in the UK. “We’ve grown up in Dubai. We know the UAE. We know the F&B space,” he recalled telling his parents.
He started alone. Three months in, he asked his brother Omair to join him as co-founder. “It was way too much work for one person,” Sarwar said.
The first brand to sign was Tim Hortons, part of Dubai’s Apparel Group, after a pitch that ran three months with no app and no demo. “I didn’t leave them alone for three months,” he said. Once the contract was signed, he used the name to bring other brands on, and boxes now come from coffee chains, bakeries, restaurants, grocery stores and hotel buffets.
Customers do not choose what they get. “If you say I have this exact item that you want, people are never going to buy full price,” Sarwar said, describing the surprise box as a way to gamify the purchase without cannibalizing full-price sales. His own highlight came from The Grey, an independent Dubai cafe — a strawberry tart, his favorite dessert, with croissants and pain au chocolat.
Getting there meant fighting the same objection on two fronts. Premium brands worried that discounting would dilute their brand equity, so he pointed them to luxury department store Harrods in London, which runs similar schemes, while customers had to be persuaded the food was fresh rather than left over. Both concerns were successfully countered, he said, pointing to the app’s 45 percent repeat order rate.
Peekabox is now in talks with Ne’ma, the UAE’s national food loss and waste initiative, under the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment.
It plans to open in Riyadh and Jeddah next year with franchise partners that have already committed to the launch. “In terms of Saudi (Arabia) as a market, people are more price sensitive for sure, and also the density of stores is greater,” he said.