Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder (AFP)

Kevin Durant of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder has quietly given away a huge sum to the tornado relief effort in the state.

The man who finished second in the NBA's MVP voting to LeBron James has pledged $1 million through the The Durant Family Foundation to help those devastated by the damage.

The massive tornado on Monday afternoon flattened entire blocks of the town, killed at least 24 people and injured about 240 in Moore, Oklahoma.

Durant only commented on his donation after it was revealed by the Red Cross of Oklahoma on Twitter.

"As the day went on and I saw the footage and the

Sir Alex Ferguson (AFP)

Sir Alex Ferguson will make an astonishing £100,000-a-day as a Manchester United ambassador, a report claims, and he has his son to thank for brokering the deal.

Ferguson will be paid £2m-a-year by United to continue working for the club but is only expected to make 20 appearances a year according to the Daily Mail.

The deal was brokered by Fergie's son Jason despite Manchester United having previously said they would no longer do business with him.

The respected Charles Sale reports in the Mail: "Jason’s disbanded Elite Sport ceased to act on United transfers following an internal inquiry

Of all the things to love about Barcelona, their catchy club anthem is surely up there with their fluid play, massive list of accolades, beautiful location and that bloke called Lionel.

But this musical Barca fan has added another dimension of awesome to the tune by replicating it using nothing but a bunch of bottles of local beer Estrella, emptied to varying degrees to produce the different notes.

How spot on, or not at all, do you think this chap got it? Here's a link to the real thing so you can compare.

Following the news Tony Pulis has left Stoke City, some bookmakers are giving unusual odds on who will be the Potters’ next boss.

Europa League winning Chelsea interim coach Rafael Benitez has surprisingly been installed as 7/4 favourite by Paddy Power, with former Chelsea and West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo the more realistic option at 5/1.

The  usual suspects pop up on the list, such as Mark Hughes at 9/1 and Gus Poyet at 10/1, but looking further down there are some bizarre tips that could only be construed as PR stunts.

David Moyes would have to royally mess up his first couple of days

It started as an online plea on the internet, with Coral Gables (Fla.) Archbishop Carroll High senior Nicole Muxo recording an elaborate video asking Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade to take her to the prom.

Wade never officially responded, and the media, general public and Muxo herself assumed that the plea had fallen on deaf ears. As it turns out, it hadn’t, and Muxo and her surprising date stole the show at the Archbishop Carroll senior prom.

Apparently, Wade had dragged out his response because he wanted to see how the Heat’s playoffs were progressing before committing to spend an evening not

It's one of the more bizarre world records, but a new video claims to be a world record for backflips done on a pogo stick.

Until last week the record was believed to be held by a man called Fred Gryzbowski and was just nine but that has now been smashed by a guy called Dmitry Arsenyev.

Arsenyev manages to do an astonishing 15 backflips before nonchalantly walking away.

Fair play to him for using a helmet too – safety first kids.

It started with a chivalrous act gone wrong, was followed by a beer bath and ended with a high-five.

A couple caught the attention of baseball fans at Wrigley Field on Sunday and the ones watching at home on TV. Why? His-and-her beer baths!

It happened when Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood hit a home run to left field in the fifth inning. A husband in the bleachers tried to protect his wife from the ball, but in the process spilled his beer on her. So, in return, she dumped her beer on his head.

This was not a cheap lovers spat. The Cubs have one of the

While retiring defender Paulo Ferreira spoke to the Stamford Bridge crowd after Chelsea's final match of the season, backup goalkeeper Ross Turnbull's two-year-old son Josh became one of the highlights of the year.

Wearing his full kit, Josh dribbled a ball towards goal all by himself. He stumbled on top of the ball at one point, but continued on as the crowd urged him to shoot.

When the ball finally passed the goal line, a cheer erupted and after a brief hesitation, Josh turned back toward the players and their families in the centre of the pitch and raised his arms in triumph.

Chants of