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Ander Herrera replaced him in the 54th minute of the contest at Vicarage Road with the Red Devils up 3-0. United 7/2 to beat Arsenal to nil Matic has started all 14 of Manchester United’s Premier League contests this season since his €45 million move from Chelsea during the summer transfer window, providing one assist for Jose Mourinho’s side. The severity of the injury is unknown, but there appeared to be little reason to take any chances with the midfielder as a first-half double by Ashley Young put United up early against Watford, with Anthony Martial adding a third before the half....

Gatez, a Florida Republican, took to the House floor last Wednesday to describe threats made against him. He said that somebody who threatened to kill him over Twitter had traveled to Washington D.C. in the days leading up to his speech. He claimed that the Justice Department declined to arrest this person, despite the Capitol Police allegedly recommending they do so. “I think someone may be trying to kill me and if they are successful I would like my constituents and my family to know who stopped their arrest,” Gaetz said....

As the vote went to a seventh ballot on Thursday, almost all the anti-McCarthy votes remained in favor of Representative Byron Donalds, but Gaetz drew gasps from the House floor as he called out the name of the former president. Trump has endorsed McCarthy for speaker. In the previous ballots, Gaetz had voted for Representatives Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan and Byron Donalds. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been unable to find a path to the speakership as a group of 20 House Republicans refuse to move from their opposition of McCarthy....

He’ll have to start the project without some of Impact’s biggest names. TNA world tag team champions Matt and Jeff Hardy, as well as former TNA world champion Drew Galloway, are parting ways with the company. MORE: The Rock calls out CM Punk at ‘Raw’ Matt Hardy announced his exit Monday after talks on a new contract broke down. That likely means Jeff’s time with the company has also come to an end....

Nothing personal against Jimmie Johnson, of course, but Johnson is the guy who won five championships from 2006-2010, and he has almost embraced the battle of himself against the “48 haters.” MORE: SN’s Texas picks | Chasers need Kenseth, Johnson to falter | Standings So with Johnson and Kenseth tied atop the Cup standings—with a 27-point edge on Jeff Gordon, 28 on Kevin Harvick and 36 on Kyle Busch—Kenseth has a chance to be the guy to continue in the footsteps of 2011 champion Tony Stewart and 2012 champion Brad Keselowski to break the Johnson dynasty....

The popular and mysterious Cloverfield franchise came on the scene in 2008 with a good old-fashioned monster-takes-Manhattan film. The first installment was a found footage film about an attack on NYC, told through the eyes of a group of friends with a video camera one fateful night. It was followed up by Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane in 2016, a surprising switch in tone and style, which chronicled an endangered woman’s forced quarantine with a sinister host during an attack on the surfaced....

The Batman’s impressive list of characters includes Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson), Selina Kyle (Zoë Kravitz), The Riddler (Paul Dano), James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright), Penguin (Colin Farrell), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), Gil Coulson (Peter Sarsgaard), and Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis). The film’s early casting announcement also revealed that Barry Keoghan would appear in the film as Stanley Merkel. RELATED: The Batman Director Matt Reeves On What That Big Cameo Means For The Future...

If he can replicate the feat this weekend, it will earn “The Diamond” the interim lightweight title and almost assuredly put the 30-year-old veteran in a position to face Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout later this year. MORE: Join DAZN and watch Chael Sonnen vs. Lyoto Machida in Bellator 222 on June 14 Like a lot of athletes, Poirier has taken a circuitous path to arrive in this weekend’s UFC 236 champion main event at State Farm Arena in Atlanta....

In case you didn’t know… LaVar Ball is the outspoken father of current NBA rookie Lonzo Ball. The Lakers selected Lonzo second overall in the 2017 NBA Draft. LaVar started his outlandish behavior in the months leading up to the draft starting with proclaiming his son is much better than Golden State Warriors’ guard Stephen Curry. The heart of the matter… Carlisle stated that it was a “disgrace” that ESPN would publish remarks made by LaVar criticizing coach Walton....

Friday night, the UConn product added another chapter to her legacy when she calmly stroked a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Lynx to an 80-77 win against the Fever in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. Moore caught the ball with 1.7 seconds to go, took one dribble to create space, squared up and delivered a dagger from the top of the key. MORE: WNBA legends, current stars | We can’t agree on MVP A video posted by wnba (@wnba) on Oct 9, 2015 at 7:21pm PDT...

Speaking to Deutsche Welle on Thursday, Germany great Ballack said he was surprised Low was kept on as head coach after overseeing their first World Cup group-stage exit since 1938. Four years prior to that humiliation, Low had led his country to glory in international football’s showpiece in Brazil, a tournament that included a 7-1 semi-final hammering of the hosts before an extra-time triumph over Argentina. Real Madrid midfielder Kroos believes Low has earned the right to try to reverse Germany’s fortunes and, perhaps lightheartedly, questioned Ballack’s motives....

“It just makes no sense for sneakers to cost as much as they do and put families in the situation they get in when their kids want them,” Marbury says. But pricey sneakers have been declining in popularity: in 2004, sales of $100-plus basketball and running shoes dropped 19 percent; as of last year, sneakers in that price range accounted for just $611 million of the $8 billion U.S. athletic-footwear market, accord-ing to NPD, a N....

Ray Romano, Michael Cera, Constance Wu and Patton Oswalt are among the stars who have made the cut for the primetime ABC special, alongside the likes of Marvel star Simu Liu and former The Talk host Aisha Tyler. WNBA All-Star Candace Parker, The Office star B.J. Novak, and comedian Iliza Shlesinger round out the lineup, who will be seen showcasing the best of their trivia knowledge in the hopes of raking in a cash prize for a charity of their choice....

Tom Wilson, however, faced scrutiny from hockey fans when it was announced that he’d be staying in Washington, D.C. Wilson, who became a restricted free agent at the end of the season, reached a resolution with the Capitals and signed a six-year, $31.02 million contract in July. TOP 25 UNDER 25: SN ranks the NHL’s best young stars “It doesn’t really matter to me what everybody says,” Wilson said, according to The Score’s John Matisz....

The Bayern Munich man was on target as the Bavarians recovered from two goals down to smash the visitors 5-2 on Saturday. Wagner rounded off the scoring in the final seconds, using a rather unorthodox method to beat Hoffenheim keeper Oliver Baumann. The ball appeared to strike Wagner in the genitals on the way to the net, a fact acknowledged by the striker after the final whistle. “[The goal] was a mixture of this area....

Lando Norris is one of the more prominent drivers who takes up golf often in breaks between the season. The McLaren driver has been seen playing golf with fellow driver Carlos Sainz and former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. Hill, though, termed golf a ‘awful frustrating’ game, adding that no skills from F1 are needed in the sport. One of the guests on the podcast, Rycard Rydell, former BTC champion feels there could be a few similarities on the mental side of things....

After securing his first top-5 finish of the season, McDowell believes that he is getting closer to winning his second career Cup race in a topsy-turvy season so far. During the post-race interview, the 37-year-old spoke about his outing at the Sonoma Raceway. He said that his #34 was really good in the long run after firing off a little on the slow side. He went on to say that he chased the leaders in the final five laps, but it was not enough to get a lead from them....

LeBron James hurt by Kyrie Irving’s comments Speaking to Richard Jefferson on the Road Trippin Pod, LeBron James addressed Kyrie Irving’s remarks on the clutch factor. He admitted that he was surprised and a little hurt too. LeBron elucidated: To Kyrie Irving’s credit, he did in fact hit the most important shot for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. But that doesn’t mean LeBron James isn’t as clutch as him....

Asked by Sportskeeda if it is difficult to adapt to the electric series straight after F1, the German explained that the learning curve varies from driver to driver. He said: He added that the competition between the teams is much closer in Formula E compared to Formula 1, saying: Former F1 driver Pascal Wehrlein believes Formula E is an interesting championship to follow The German driver, who has been with the electric series since its fifth season, feels that Formula E is a unique single-seater racing category in its own right....

The NBA held their 71st All-Star Game on Sunday in Cleveland as part of the league’s 75th Anniversary celebration. Team LeBron James came away with a 163-160 win over Team Kevin Durant. Steph Curry ended up winning the Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP trophy. However, Donaldson called the NBA All-Star game embarrassing, suggesting that the NBA and NFL should stop playing such games. He also mentioned that the MLB and NHL All-Star Games are more competitive....