LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Xabi Alonso has grown accustomed to being applauded by all sides of the BayArena and, even after a humbling 5-0 aggregate UEFA Champions League elimination at the hands of rivals Bayern Munich, the Bayer Leverkusen coach was treated like a hero by the home supporters. That’s what happens when you transform a […]
PA Ex-BBC presenter Alex Belfield was sent to prison in September 2022 The BBC has given a “full and unreserved apology” for not doing enough to help staff who alleged relentless abuse by a stalker. Former BBC presenter Alex Belfield, from Nottingham, was jailed for five-and-a-half years in September 2022 after being convicted of four […]
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will pay $3.5bn (£2.7bn) to buy the gaming division of developer Niantic, whose titles include the hit mobile game Pokémon Go. The game involves players walking around in the real world to hunt the collectable creatures, which appear on their phone screens using […]
European Union leaders have been clear that they want to negotiate with the United States on trade to avoid a full-blown conflict. But with no deal in sight, officials announced a plan on Wednesday that is meant to hit back hard as steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect. President Trump has imposed 25 percent […]
Policymakers are grappling with “exceptionally high” uncertainty, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, said on Wednesday, just hours after the European Commission announced tariffs on U.S. imports in response to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Later, Canada announced a new round of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports. The unpredictability of trade […]
Mar 12, 2025, 03:47 AM ET Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is a huge doubt for the League Cup final against Newcastle United this weekend after sustaining an injury in Tuesday’s Champions League round of 16 loss to Paris Saint-Germain, manager Arne Slot said. PSG beat Liverpool 4-1 on penalties at Anfield to reach the quarterfinals […]
Eggs prices continued their upward climb in February despite some easing in overall inflation, further straining consumers seeking relief from rising prices in the grocery aisles. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday showed that egg prices rose 10.4 percent from the previous month, to nearly $5.90 for a dozen large Grade […]
The top three in my annual ranking of the best coaches in college football was easy. After that, things got more complicated. How much does recency bias factor in? For me, not as much as it does for Stewart Mandel, whose Top 25 can be found here. I’ve always given coaches more credit for what […]
Stocks rose on Wednesday after a tumultuous few days of trading, as investors were buoyed by lower-than-expected inflation data even as concerns about President Trump’s tariff policies still loom. The S&P 500 index was about 0.5 percent higher at the start of trading, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index rose roughly 1.3 percent. The rise […]
Mar 11, 2025, 09:16 PM ET An international federation of labor unions said on Tuesday that FIFA denied it access to the Azteca Stadium to inspect conditions of construction workers doing renovations ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Ambet Yuson, the general secretary of the Building and Wood Workers’ International, said FIFA told them that […]