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Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensOct 13, 2025, 08:45 AM ETBarcelona president Joan Laporta has said coach Hansi Flick is the club’s ‘Gladiator’ because of his similarity to the actor Russel Crowe.Flick, 60, replaced Xavi Hernández as Barça boss last year and led the Blaugrana to three trophies in his first season in charge, LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa.Laporta is thrilled with how the German has brought success back to the Catalan club, comparing him to Crowe, the Australian who played the title role in the 2000 Oscar-winning movie Gladiator.Hansi Flick has turned Barcelona back into Champions League contenders. Juan…

Citi is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2025. NYSECiti is aiming to launch a service for the custody of crypto assets in 2026, an executive at the bank told CNBC, as Wall Street giants expand their footprint in the digital currency space.Biswarup Chatterjee, global head of partnerships and innovation in the services business at Citi said the bank has been developing a crypto custody service for the last two-to-three years and is making progress.”We have various kinds of explorations … and we’re hoping that in the next few quarters, we can come to…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Sept. 17, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce is adding voice to its Agentforce software, letting clients go beyond text when using artificial intelligence agents to respond to customer questions.With Agentforce Voice, companies can customize the tone and speed of voices and adjust the pronunciation of specific terms, Salesforce said Monday, ahead of its Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week. The feature also allows people to interrupt the AI agent during phone calls.Voice is becoming a bigger part of the generative AI boom, which…

The second international break of the season is almost over, and the Premier League is ready to return this weekend, with Liverpool’s clash against Manchester United at Anfield topping the bill.Each of England’s 20 top-tier clubs have now played seven league games. The Premier League table is beginning to point to a competitive title race and a relegation battle in which all three promoted teams — Burnley, Leeds United and Sunderland — have genuine hopes of avoiding the drop.Meanwhile, the pressure is growing on struggling managers Ruben Amorim and Ange Postecoglou, big-money summer signings such as Florian Wirtz and Matheus…

Jeff KassoufOct 13, 2025, 07:55 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.The U.S. men’s and women’s senior national teams will play 25 home friendly matches combined in 2025, and each game requires two simple ingredients: an opponent and a host venue.How are those opponents scheduled, and how do cities and stadiums ultimately host those games? As U.S. Soccer’s managing director of administration, and vice president of events, respectively, Tom King…

Shares of U.S. rare earth miners surged Monday, after President Donald Trump threatened China with retaliation over its strict export controls on critical minerals.USA Rare Earth and Critical Metals soared more than 25%, Energy Fuels jumped over 16%, MP Materials rallied about 20%, and NioCorp Developments and Ramaco Resources were up about 10%.Trump on Friday threatened China with 100% tariffs starting Nov. 1 in retaliation for Beijing imposing strict export controls on rare earth elements. The president appeared to dial down his rhetoric on Sunday, saying the situation with China will “be fine.”China’s restrictions go much further than its previous…

Shares of Bloom Energy soared Monday after striking a deal with Brookfield Asset Management to install fuel cells in artificial intelligence data centers.Brookfield will spend up to $5 billion to deploy Bloom Energy’s technology, the first investment in its strategy to support big AI data centers with power and computing infrastructure. Bloom’s fuel cells are “fuel-flexible” and can run on natural gas, biogas or hydrogen, the company says.Brookfield and Bloom are collaborating to design and build what they are calling “AI factories” around the the world, including a site in Europe that will be unveiled before the end of the…

Barcelona attacker Dani Olmo is a major doubt for the Clásico against Real Madrid at the end of the month after sources told ESPN he is likely to be sidelined for up to three weeks.Olmo, 27, left the Spain squad last week with the problem, missing the World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria, to return to Barcelona for tests.Barça subsequently confirmed a “muscle injury in Olmo’s left calf” on Monday but ruled out any serious damage.The Catalan club say his “recovery time will be dictated by his progress,” with sources telling ESPN he is expected to be sidelined for…

Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty ImagesDespite the government shutdown, the Oct. 15 federal tax extension deadline is fast approaching for many filers.The process could be harder for some taxpayers after the IRS furloughed nearly half of its workforce —about 34,000 employees — earlier this week, experts say.”It’s going to be a long haul if you need any kind of specialized customer experience,” said Jennifer MacMillan, president of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, whose members are tax professionals licensed by the IRS.Read more CNBC personal finance coverageThe original tax deadline was April 15. If you couldn’t meet that due date,…

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile to support Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn.Jonathan Sunderman | USNAVY | Corbis | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s considering sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying it would provide “a new step of aggression” in its war with Russia.As the president travelled on Air Force One to the Middle East on Monday, first to Israel and then Egypt for talks on finalizing a peace deal for Gaza, when asked if he would send Tomahawks to Ukraine, Trump replied “we’ll see… I may.”He also…