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A helicopter flies over a Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Photograph: Getty Images
Kobe Bryant obituary: A transcendent, if enigmatic, superstar

Kobe Bryant, who has died aged 41 in a helicopter crash, was a basketball phenomenon - a transcendent, if enigmatic, superstar whose rare talent bridg(...)

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry speaks with Davidson head coach Bob McKillop prior to Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals in Oakland, California. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Steph Curry – the ‘everyday guy’ who defied the odds to triumph in the NBA

“I was shocked we were able to get him,” Bob McKillop says agreeably, recalling that strange thrilling moment when he – and probably he alone – unders(...)

LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will retire at the end of the NBA season. Photograph: Epa
Kobe Bryant to retire at the end of the NBA season

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers announced Sunday night that he would retire from professional basketball after the completion of the 20(...)

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has been deemed the world’s richest man by Forbes magazine, which said he had a net worth of $79.2 billion (€70.8 billion) in 2015. Photograph: Cole Burston/EPA.
Bill Gates tops Forbes money list in 2015 as rich get richer
  • World
  • March 2, 2015, 16:53

Bill Gates’s net worth has increased by $3 billion over the last year to $79.2 billion (€70.8 billion), Forbes magazine said.That figure puts him at t(...)