Gu Jun, deputy secretary general of the municipal government and director of the city’s development and reform commission, told a press conference on Thursday that a task force had been set up to ensure money owed to vendors would be paid promptly. “Supervision will be strengthened to avoid delayed payments,” he said. “We will guide…
Manchester United and Inter Milan are interested in Sassuolo defender Tarik Muharemovic, Barcelona want Tottenham Hotspur center back Micky van de Ven, while Spurs are closely monitoring Brentford forward Kevin Schade. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers home page | Men’s winter grades | Women’s grades TOP…
Dan HajduckyJan 9, 2026, 07:30 AM ET Close Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts owner who died in May 2025, was a world-renowned collector,…
Ryan O’HanlonJan 9, 2026, 07:28 AM ET Close Ryan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.” We’re halfway done-ish! The Premier League is now 21 games in — just a bit past the exact halfway of the 38-game season — and we’ve…
Grok, the AI chatbot created byxAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by and majority-owned byElon Musk, has switched off its image creation and editing function for most users after an uproar over sexualized and violent imagery created with it. “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers,” Grok replied to users of Musk’s…
The 2025-26 NHL season is a special one, as players will be competing in the Olympic Games for the first time since 2014. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Eleven of 12 teams in the tournament have revealed their rosters — what’s the holdup, Italy? — featuring a mix of current, former and future NHLers. As part…
David SchoenfieldJan 9, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 The MLB offseason reached its inevitable Christmas pause — and has yet to pick back up again, with the only recent major signings the three Japanese players who each signed just before…
Tim Bontemps Close Tim Bontemps ESPN Senior Writer Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast….
Another first-party Xbox game is making the leap to PlayStation 5. This time around, Obsidian’s Avowed — one of our favorite games of last year — is crossing the great divide. The fantasy action RPG will hit Sony’s console on February 17, one day shy of the game’s first anniversary. As it happens, an anniversary…
The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on Saturday night in the second game of the NFL’s wild-card weekend. The NFC North rivals split the season series, and the tape really tells a story. So, let’s take a deeper look at both teams, using the previous games to place our top…
