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Floyd Mayweather has earned more than $400m and here's how he spends it... from super cars to private jets, from bling watches to dozens of pairs of shoes

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Floyd Mayweather is thought to have net worth between $280m and $300m Mayweather has earned $400m during his boxing career The boxer is not afraid to splash the cash and show it off He is partial to buying the odd super car and also owns a private jet Mayweather takes on Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2 When Floyd Mayweather turned professional in 1996, his ring nickname was 'Pretty Boy'. But as he grew more successful and became one of the highest-paid fighters in the world, he swapped that for 'Money', fitting for a man who has earned more than $400 million in his career.

Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jérôme Boateng and George: football's intriguing brothers

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In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem quotes his father Atticus Finch, saying: “You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family.” At Germany’s Group D match against Ghana at the 2010 World Cup there were two family members who were not exactly on speaking terms – good job then, that they were lining up for different teams. The players in question were half-brothers Jérôme and Kevin-Prince Boateng, of Germany and Ghana respectively.

Mayweather-Pacquiao: £94,000 asking price for tickets

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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's fight sold out within minutes and tickets immediately appeared on websites for as much as £94,000 ($141,000). Only 1,000 tickets were made available to the public for the fight on 2 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The remaining 15,500 seats will go to fighters, sponsors and promoters.

US admits two hostages killed in al-Qaeda raid

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Barack Obama said it was a "painful" time The White House has said that a US counterterrorism operation in January accidentally killed two hostages who were being held by al-Qaeda. Warren Weinstein, an American, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian, were killed in the raid in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. President Barack Obama described it as a painful loss he profoundly regretted.

Apple Watch goes on sale — but few available to buy anywhere and no blockbuster queues

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Elite shops including one in London will be the only places to get one of the very few Watches available on its launch day The Apple Watch officially launches today — but the event will only be marked by the arrival of some packages in the hands of those that ordered quickly enough to miss the delivery delays. Apple’s tightly-controlled launch, which asked customers to pre-order online two weeks before the Watch was released, has meant that supplies are now low and any customers ordering now will face a wait of several months. Apple is continuing its policy of not selling the watch in its shops,

Chile volcano erupts, covering towns in ash

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The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile was spewing ash on Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of about 45,000 people. It last erupted in 1972. EFE, Zuma Press,  An ash cloud from the Chilean volcano Calbuco on Thursday covered several towns in Chile and across the Andes in neighboring Argentina. The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted Wednesday after lying dormant for 43 years, prompting the evacuation of about 45,000 people. The authorities said the volcano 560 miles south of Chilean capital Santiago erupted again in the early hours of Thursday, and noted that further eruptions were likely.

Microsoft reports drop in profit

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AFP Photo: Justin Sullivan San Francisco - Microsoft reported a drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, dragged down by higher costs for restructuring and integrating Nokia mobile phone operations. The tech giant's net profit for the fiscal quarter ending March 31 fell 12 percent to $4.985 billion on revenues which rose six percent to $21.7 billion. Chief executive Satya Nadella, who took the reins a year ago to help lead Microsoft into a much-changed tech landscape, cited gains in internet “cloud” services and other offerings for enterprise.