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As the Supreme Court prepares to review the constitutionality of affirmative-action programs, President Bush has been championing programs such as Texas’s, which passed when he was governor. But at some of the state’s best schools, the policy has been attacked with the same words–“unfair” and “divisive”–that Bush uses to describe affirmative action. “If I had gone anywhere else, I probably would be in the top 10 percent,” Fogiel says. While Texas’s program prohibits using race as a factor, Texas’s many segregated high schools mean the result is much the same....

With just under 7,000 Afghan refugees currently in the United States, and more set to enter, the federal government has continued to expand the number of bases that will house these individuals. Right now, the Fort Pickett and Fort Lee bases in Virginia, Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey are all prepared to take in refugees....

Balkh and Paktia have already played each other once. On Wednesday, the Panthers emerged triumphant by a comprehensive margin of 37 runs. This time around, a much closer contest could be in the offing. With his ultra-aggressive approach at the top of the order, Mohammad Shahzad is a game-changer in Twenty20 cricket. The Paktia skipper has hammered 162 runs from three matches at a strike-rate of 178.02. Expect him to take the bull by its horns right from the outset....

Nangarhar take on Paktia at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday from 21:30 IST. In the previous encounter between the two teams, the Panthers rode on skipper Mohammad Shahzad’s blitz and emerged triumphant by 21 runs. Having begun the tournament in sublime form, Shahzad enters the match on the back of a couple of low scores. Nevertheless, he remains a potent threat at the top of the order. The battle between the belligerent opener and mystery spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman should make for fascinating viewing....

While nothing is officially confirmed, the report suggests that a rematch between Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa could go down at Revolution. Dave Meltzer mentioned that AEW currently plans for the match to take place early next year. On this week’s AEW Dynamite, Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa were in the ring. However, the two weren’t in a match, and Baker tried her best to ruin Rosa’s chances of progressing in the ongoing AEW TBS Championship Tournament....

The Young Bucks were among the founding members of AEW. They have been serving as Executive Vice Presidents for the company since its incarnation. They are known to be the creative force behind AEW’s dynamic tag team division. The former AEW World Tag Team Champions were last seen in action at Full Gear. They teamed up with Adam Cole to face Jurassic Express and Christian Cage. It was a Falls Count Anywhere match filled with “highspots”....

Taking to Twitter, Garcia intended to take out Darby Allin before his mega match at All Out this Sunday. The company recently announced another singles match between Darby Allin and Daniel Garcia for the upcoming edition of AEW Rampage this Friday. The former TNT Champion has already pinned Garcia twice in the past few weeks. Despite failing to take down his arch-rival, the 22-year old has shown tremendous durability to hang in the ring with top-notch superstars....

RELATED: The 10 Best Wrestling Games Of The Decade (According To Metacritic) There is one question that remains the same every time there is an interview or conference. When will the AEW video game come out? Being a gamer, Kenny Omega has shown deep interest in this and has said that AEW video game will come out and take inspiration from the best wrestling games of the past, like No Mercy....

Eddie Howe’s side has played some mesmerizing football ever since they made it to the top flight of English football. However, everything has been downhill for this season. To rub salt on their wound, some of their main players are nursing long-term injuries. In such a situation, they will take on Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday (January 21). Though Brighton’s season cannot be described as picture perfect, it has certainly been an upgrade on what they did last season....

The word ‘unprofessional’ is often used by many to criticise Indian football, and another example was seen on Tuesday afternoon at the Salt Lake Stadium. Influential Nigerian duo Uga Okpara and Edeh Chidi were both initially named in East Bengal’s starting eleven for their home AFC Cup match against Singapore’s Tampines Rovers, but the two were seen on the bench when the teams took the field. Chidi eventually came on for an injured Andrew Barisic after 14 minutes, but it wasn’t clear why the two Nigerians were kept among the substitutes for this crucial encounter....

GROUP A: Al Suwaiq 0-0 Al Ahli (JOR) Oman’s Al Suwaiq and Jordan’s Al Ahli played out a goalless draw in Muscat which, in the end, did neither team any favours with respect to their bid to qualify from this group. Al Ahli had several chances in the first half, most of which fell to their Liberian forward Marcus Macauley who failed to capitalise on them. Al Suwaiq also had a good opportunity to take the lead when Abdulrahman Al Ghassani was denied by Al Ahli custodian Mohammed Khater....

The Chiefs could have created a two-game separation from everyone else, but their 43-40 loss to the Patriots on Sunday night gave the conference a tight top of the pack. The Jaguars, meanwhile, fell for the second consecutive week on the road, dropping them to .500 and raising major questions about their dominant defense. Here’s a look at the current playoff seeding, plus which are the best and worst teams on the outside looking in....

Vikram Pratap captained the Bibiano Fernandes-led side and Bekey Oram partnered him in attack up front. Lalbiakhlua started in goal, with the likes of Thoiba Singh and Gurkeerat Singh shielding him in defence. The match started in lacklustre fashion, with plenty of whistling action for the Sri Lankan referee Lakmal to award set pieces for both sides. None of them came to fruition although, in the 24th minute of the game, Thoiba Singh sent his header narrowly wide of the target from a Bekey corner....

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have against all expectations qualified for the FINAL of the 2013 African Cup of Nations. It has been an astronomical rise for the Giants of Africa as they were once known. The young team put together by former Eagles captain, Stephen Keshi has proved all the doubters wrong by sending the Ivory Coast out of South Africa and dismantling Mali in the semis to earn a shot at a title which has eluded them for the past 19 years....

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat and they were given a massive boost at the start of the innings as opener Mohammad Shahzad scored a quick-fire 36 off 19 balls which included 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Asghar Stanikzai and Mohammad Nabi also contributed to the total scoring 43 and 26 respectively before Samiullah Shenwari finished things off with a blistering 39 off just 14 balls with which included 4 sixes, as they amassed a total of 162 in 20 overs for the loss of six wickets....

Its second event. Fyter Fest, occurred Saturday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. While the one-hour preshow “Buy-In” felt like the third hour of WWE “Monday Night Raw” (and not in a good way), the last two matches delivered, highlighted by Jon Moxley making his AEW debut and defeating Joey Janela in a bloody, violent unsanctioned match in the main event. Join DAZN to watch 100-plus fight nights a year...

Toa Liona has impressed the core AEW audience with his performance and also his incredible size. Many have praised what they have seen from Toa’s performance and have asked Tony Khan to bring the star to the main roster. AEW does not have many notable powerhouses and Toa Liona’s addition would bring in some serious raw power. Toa Liona fits that bill perfectly. He continues to impress fans on social media....

They have prided themselves as being different from anything in the industry at the moment. It appears they are doing that when it comes to the creative freedom that it is offering its wrestlers, according to the latest report by Fightful Select. In case you didn’t know… All Elite Wrestling has so far hosted three events under its banner: Double or Nothing Fyter FestFight for the Fallen All three have been successful, although Double or Nothing has received the biggest response from the fans so far....

During an interview with Sports Illustrated said that he was into Bruiser Brody at the time of his match with Kenny Omega in NJPW and he really liked the lunacy of the character. He says that the deceased wrestler still holds a legendary status in Japan and that heavily influenced the Painmaker character. He explained: He also said that it was working with Okada where he came up with the name of the character as he was referred to as Rainmaker....