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Oct 22, 2025, 03:30 AM ETLaLiga president Javier Tebas has described the decision to cancel the overseas match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami as a lost opportunity.The plan for the league match in December had come in for heavy criticism, with claims it would affect the competition’s integrity.Players protested against the initiative in the current round of LaLiga matches by refusing to move for the first few seconds of each game, and on Tuesday the league announced it had been called off “due to the uncertainty that has arisen in Spain over the past few weeks”.Tebas, though, believes it…

“Good luck.”That was the message Barcelona boss Hansi Flick sent to Danny Rohl after congratulating him on his appointment as Rangers’ new head coach. And boy is he going to need it… Rangers have made one of their worst-ever starts to a season.They are sixth in the Scottish Premiership, having won just one league game, and are yet to pick up a point in the Europa League after two matches.The club’s issues extend beyond the pitch too, with supporters engaged in a series of protests against CEO Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell. Those frustrations will have only been…

Beth LindopOct 22, 2025, 03:04 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.MANCHESTER — For most professional soccer players, the summer break offers the opportunity to jet off to glitzy locations like Ibiza or Dubai to rest and recharge ahead of the new season. But for Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, 29, however, this year’s offseason was all about expanding her horizons.”I spent some time with an amazing researcher called Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza,” Tullis-Joyce tells ESPN. “She studies stingless bees, and pairs indigenous knowledge with scientific knowledge, so I got…

NEW YORK — As Wall Street’s blockbuster rally shows signs of fatigue and gold loses some luster, many are connecting the dots to events 11,000 kilometers away. China’s slowdown is garnering lots of attention in Manhattan boardrooms and trading pits. While Asia’s biggest economy isn’t stumbling, its 4.8% growth rate in the third quarter, the slowest this year, is raising warning flags everywhere. Even bright spots come with asterisks. For now, external demand is keeping China in the orbit of this year’s 5% economic growth target. But amid mounting trade tensions — including a threatened 130% US tariff — it’s…

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Labubu artist Kasing Lung during a trip to China in Oct. 2025, as pictured here on the iPhone company’s official Xiaohongshu account.ScreenshotThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyWhile Nvidia’s market share has gone to zero in China due to U.S. restrictions, Apple is seeing local iPhone demand pick up.It’s no small feat for Apple. On top of escalating U.S.-China trade tensions and sluggish consumer spending, the smartphone company faces an onslaught of…

Cast and filmmakers hop on the KPop Demon Hunters-Sing Along Experience at Paris Theater on August 23, 2025 in New York City, U.S.Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Netflix’s business leaders and investors probably aren’t enjoying a soda pop after the release of its third-quarter results. While the company’s revenue met expectations — though not beating them as it did the first and second quarters — earnings were taken down by a tax dispute with Brazilian authorities. Shares of Netflix fell around 6% in extended trading Tuesday stateside.But it doesn’t look like any other media company will…

One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBritish lender Barclays increased its guidance and announced a £500 million ($667 million) share buyback in its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday.The bank said it now expected to deliver RoTE (Return on Tangible Equity) of greater than 11%, up from around 11%, for the full year. Net interest income (excluding investment banking and head office) guidance was also upgraded to more than £12.6 billion for the year, up from over £12.5 billion.”We have been robustly and consistently generating…

People walk past independent retailers on the Old High Street in Folkestone, UK, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Inflation has surged on food and energy costs this year, with figures forecast to show it hitting 4% in September double the 2% target.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnother interest rate cut from the Bank of England this year looks uncertain after the latest U.K. inflation data came in cooler expected. The annual inflation rate was unchanged in September, coming in at 3.8% for the third month in a row.The data, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Wednesday, shows that…

A pedestrian crosses a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Paris on October 17, 2024.Joel Saget | Afp | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks moved into positive territory on Wednesday as quarterly earnings roll in, following a negative start to the session.The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged higher above the flatline on Wednesday, as of 11:13 a.m. in London (6:13 a.m. in ET).The main indexes, however, were choppier. Germany’s DAX was last seen dipping into the red, Italy’s FTSE MIB was down over 0.4%, and France’s CAC 40 saw losses of around 0.2%, each partially paring earlier losses.The U.K.’s FTSE index…

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of the technology company Apple.Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesA group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks. Over 850 people, including tech leaders like Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, signed a statement published Wednesday calling for a pause in the development of superintelligence. The list of signatories was notably topped by prominent AI pioneers, including the computer scientists Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, who are widely…