Trainers cost around £50k

Michael Jordan’s ‘Flu Game’ trainers expected to fetch £50k at auction

Michael Jordan’s 16-year-old basketball shoes have been listed for auction and are expected to sell for at least $80,000 (or £50,000).

The iconic black-and-red US size 13 Air Jordans, worn while he fired the Chicago Bulls to 1997 NBA glory despite suffering from the flu, have been verified by multiple US auction houses after their owner decided to part ways with the treasured item.

Jordan had to be helped off the court after his 38-point haul – including a buzzer-beating clincher – led the Bulls to a 90-88 game five win over the Utah Jazz, giving them a 3-2 NBA Finals series lead that would ultimately prove victorious.

It was a famous performance in a memorable victory, and one which will forever be highlighted as evidence of the man’s desire and professionalism in the face of adversity.

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Revealed The touching meaning behind Chelsea star’s tattoo

Seeing footballers arms covered in tattoos is hardly a rare sight and many have become famous for all the wrong reasons - ahem, Jay Bothroyd.

But for Chelsea star Oscar, a tattoo represented a means of remembering someone very dear to him, as he revealed in an interview with The Times.

The Brazilian playmaker has regularly been seen kissing his arm or pointing to the skies after scoring a goal or celebrating a victory and now the reason is more clear.

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Secret Footballer revealed by book

Dave Kitson touted as ‘The Secret Footballer’ after book revelations

 

Former Reading and Stoke City striker Dave Kitson could be the face behind The Guardian's popular weekly column The Secret Footballer
A huge hint that Kitson - now with Oxford United - is the face behind the mysterious player has been dropped in new book Tales from the Secret Footballer.
The mystery man reveals a story about being on the verge of an England call-up under Italian coach Fabio Capello in 2008 that seems to reveal his identity.
"A few years earlier, when Capello had taken the England job, he had held a press conference in which he'd made it clear that it was time for the England squad to grow up, " The Secret Footballer writes.
"Misbehaviour would no longer be tolerated. A day later I

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