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Fred officially joined Manchester United from Shakhtar Donetsk in June for £52 million ($68m) fee as Jose Mourinho brings in reinforcements to his midfield. However, while the pair may well be partnered in the heart of Manchester United’s midfield next season, on Wednesday they were adversaries as Fred’s Brazil faced off against Matic and Serbia with a place in the knockout stage on the line. Fred was unable to feature as he recovers from the injury he received in the lead up to the tournament, but Matic started and went the distance in a 2-0 loss....

Green Bay Packers quarterback Rodgers has faced backlash in recent days, after it was revealed (following him testing positive for coronavirus) that he has not been vaccinated against the virus for fear of blood clots and infertility. And Amodio, whose 39-game reign as Jeopardy! champ ran onscreen through the summer until October, has shared his candid thoughts on the matter on Twitter. The Yale Ph.D. candidate tweeted an article sharing a quote from Rodgers that read: “I am somebody who’s a critical thinker… I believe strongly in bodily autonomy and the ability to make choices for your body....

Former NBA player Matt Barnes shares why he believes Harden is the key to both the 76ers’ title chances and Embiid’s MVP hopes. Speaking on ‘NBA Today’, Barnes reacted to a clip of Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers speaking to Harden: Barnes continued by saying: Getting Harden to play like he did with the Houston Rockets will go a long way for the 76ers this season. While he is unlikely to put up the same numbers as he did in Houston, the 76ers still need him to be the same type of threat on offense....

Gaetz and his Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Pelosi on Tuesday, citing Honoré’s comments about Capitol Police officers who he suggested were supporters of former President Donald Trump and sympathizers of those who stormed the building. Honoré—who served as commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia—has said Capitol Police officers “allowed their buddies” in the crowd to bypass police lines and enter the building, and suggested that “30 to 40 percent of the officers are Trumpsters....

Matt Hardy, who is currently alligned with tag team Private Party in the promotion, made the subtle comment during a segment which also featured artist and WWE Hall of Famer Snoop Dogg. The backstage skit, which revolved around Private Party signing new contracts, seemed to be a jab at the way contracts and payments are handled in WWE. Matt Hardy would go on to mention “third party platforms” and that the team would still be able to continue using such platforms in their personal lives, if they wished....

Kenseth had to meet with Joey Logano. The drivers talked, at NASCAR’s request, spoke with NASCAR officials on hand. MORE: Brian France on racing vs. retaliation | Rain threatens at Homestead “We had a little discussion before practice with NASCAR and met with them a little bit,” Kenseth told reporters, via ESPN.com. The Kenseth-Logano showdown has been NASCAR’s version of the Hatfields and the McCoys feud in recent weeks. Kenseth was suspended two races for wrecking Logano in Nov....

He steps into the squared circle with bad intentions and can dish out punishment in any way shape or form. What his opponents might not know is that Matt Riddle, although a carefree guy, is fully capable of putting your lights out. Having a specific move-set has only catered to the explosiveness of the wrestling he brings. Exploder suplexes, sleeper suplexes, fisherman busters, you name it Matt knows it....

Showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik told The Hollywood Reporter that, while they did not want to shy away from issues like sexual violence against women, the HBO hit “pulls back” when it comes to sex scenes and it would not be as prevalent in the show as it was in Game of Thrones. Matt Smith, though, still felt that he took part in too many scenes of an intimate nature in the show as his character Prince Daemon Targaryen....

The 24-year-old wing was one of two major losses this offseason for the Flames. After Johnny Gaudreau declined to re-sign and instead walked for nothing in free agency, Tkachuk followed it up by telling the Flames he had no interest in signing a long-term deal to stay in Calgary. He was a restricted free agent, with the Flames still owning his rights. It forced GM Brad Treliving to try and find a suitable trade partner for the young forward....

This win also took Eibinger over $6,000,000 in lifetime cashes and is considered his second biggest cash prize ever. There were a total of 58 entries including 22 re-entries from 36 players, taking the prize pool to €2,813,580. The money bubble was created for the top eight players and Daniel Dvoress was the last player to exit prior to that. Matthias Eibinger Wins The Final Table Alex Foxen eliminated both Daniel Dvoress and Seth Davies in a double blow, however, luck was with Davies....

The Texas furniture mogul has been a fixture in the sports betting game in recent years. He put millions on the Astros, Bengals and Horned Frogs in the past 12 months. MORE: Cowboys vs. 49ers odds, trends, prediction for divisional round game And he shows no signs of stopping, once again investing major money in another home-state team. Mark Berman of Houston television station KRIV reported that McIngvale walked into the Horseshoe Casino in Lake Charles, La....

They were issued reprimands for two separate incidents during the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla last night. “Both Mr. Mavi and Mr Khan admitted to the Level 1 offence under 2.1.7 of the IPL Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials and accepted the sanctions,” the Indian Premier League said in a statement. For Level 1 breaches of the IPL Code of Conduct, the match referee’s decision is final and binding....

As reported by GPFans, Marko said: The statement comes after the Austrian commented that Verstappen would never join their title contender Mercedes. The battle with Hamilton at Silverstone, which saw Verstappen crash out of the race, left ’too big a crack'. The 78-year-old former racing driver said: Max Verstappen thanks “Orange Army” after Laureus nomination Max Verstappen became only the third F1 driver to be nominated for the Laureus Global Sportsman of the year award....

After a controversial super-G that saw favourite Lindsey Vonn crash amid dodgy weather, the women go Friday into the super-combined event with Tina Maze a firm favourite to win a second gold. The Slovenian firebolt is the defending super-combined silver medallist from the last world championships in Garmisch in 2011 and currently leads the World Cup rankings in the discipline which is decided on the aggregate times from one slalom and one downhill run....

The problem is, as Maddon sees it and as many others would agree, for whatever positive intentions there might have been at the founding of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the bad outweighs the good. Social media can seem more often like a source of narcissism and negativity than anything else, and for public-facing figures like baseball managers and players that creates a strain. “It could be utilized so wonderfully in the right settings, but it gets exploited like anything else does,” Maddon said....

The Serb is partnering long-time friend Carlos Gomez-Herrera, whom he first met in Spain almost a decade ago. Ahead of their first-round encounter against Bosnia’s Tomislav Brkic and Serbia’s Nikola Cacic, Gomez-Herrera opened up on what it felt like to get the call from the World No. 1. The pair competed in doubles together at the ATP 500 event in Dubai in 2014. Djokovic and Gomez-Herrera ended up losing their first match to Tomasz Bednarek and Lukas Dlouhy in a third-set tiebreaker....

Harold Reynolds, a former MLB player himself, asked Jeter, who won the Roberto Clemente Award in 2009, what the honor has meant to him. Derek Jeter responded: Next, Martinez put forward a question: Derek replied: Speaking about retiring Roberto Clemente’s jersey, Jeter said: Undeniably, Derek Jeter is always spot on with his responses. Derek Jeter received the Roberto Clemente Award in 2009 On October 29, 2009, then active New York Yankees player Derek Jeter received the Roberto Clemente Award for his contributions to the MLB....

Despite the restrictive rating, the film grossed about $2.5 million in U.S. ticket sales (and about $12.4 million worldwide). Still, Fox Home Entertainment has opted to offer two different DVDs for viewers: the uncut NC-17 version and a toned-down R-rated cut. Bertolucci, now 64, is no stranger to censors. His “Last Tango in Paris,” which starred Marlon Brando as a middle-aged man who has a sadomasochistic affair with a teenage girl, was banned initially in his native Italy when it came out in 1972....