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Last year, Cody and The Young Bucks put on the independent event titled All In that turned out to be a huge success. They’re looking to build off that event but this time will do it under the AEW banner where they are each executive vice presidents with the company. AEW — which is operated by Shad and Tony Khan, who also owns the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars — have been signing talent left and right to fill up its roster and recently locked up New Japan Pro Wrestling star and former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega....

NFC Championship Packers (13-4) at Seahawks (13-4) Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, FOX Weather: 49 degrees, light rain How they got here: Packers — Beat Cowboys 26-21 in divisional round. Seahawks — Beat Panthers 31-17 in divisional round. Coaches: Packers — Mike McCarthy (94-49; 7-5 in playoffs). Seahawks — Pete Carroll (83-61; 7-4 in playoffs). Players to Watch: Packers — Aaron Rodgers is arguably the best player in football and a near lock for this year’s MVP award, but running back Eddie Lacy needs to have a big day if the Packers want to knock off the defending champs....

While the non-participation of the 2016 winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea), who were banned following a bribery scandal in K-League, has cast a cloud of disappointment over the tournament, the 32 teams remaining will be keen to stake their claim to the continent’s throne. The teams have been divided into eight groups of four teams each and only the top two progress from each group, which means a strong start to this phase is very important....

GROUP B: Esteghlal Khouzestan 1-1 Lekhwiya SC [Beytsaeid 7’ - Ismail Mohammad 11’] Iranian outfit Esteghlal Khouzestan’s perfect record in Group B came to end after Lekhwiya SC held them to a draw on Tuesday. Hasan Beytsaeid put the hosts up front in the seventh minute after converting a penalty he earned himself. But parity was restored within four minutes of the opening goal when Ismail Mohammad latched on to Chico Flores’ header across the face of the goal and found the back of the net for Lekhwiya....

GROUP E Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) v Kashiwa Reysol (JPN): The first match in Group E will see former champions Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea hist Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol. Jeonbuk Motors won the 2016 edition of the tournament but did not participate in last year’s edition. Kashiwa Reysol, on the other hand, are also making a return to the compeition after missing two editions. It is set to be a battle of the powerhouses....

The match saw the names of three Indian players on the score sheet as skipper Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh and Lenny Rodrigues ensured a first leg advantage for the home side. After the game, the losing coach Hwang Yong Song spoke about his failed plan to keep the Bengaluru attack at bay and praised the fitness levels of his opponents. “We came to Bangalore for the game. The idea was to keep the score to a minimum....

GROUP E (SOUTH ZONE): MOHUN BAGAN 0-1 MAZIYA S&RC [Umair 34'] I-League leaders Mohun Bagan saw their AFC Cup dreams suffer a significant blow after falling to a 0-1 home defeat against Maldives’ Maziya S&RC at the Rabindra Sarovar stadium in Kolkata. Mohun Bagan, who have an important game to play on the domestic front this weekend, opted to field a weakened XI against Maziya and paid the ultimate price for it....

Coach Luis Norton de Matos fielded his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Rahim Ali upfront as the lone striker. Quite surprisingly forward Roshan Singh was deployed as the left back. Anwar Ali partnered skipper Sahil Panwar at the heart of the defence. The hosts took charge of the game from the very beginning. They came very close to score as early as in the fourth minute. Hamad Alabdan dribbled past two defenders inside the penalty box and attempted a shot at goal but the ball went inches above the crossbar....

The Al Ain playmaker claims the team is working well under the program set by new head coach Edgardo Bauza. stressing that the relationship between the players and coach is good. Despite UAE’s dire situation in their group, needing to win all of their remaining games, the midfielder is optimistic about the game against Thailand. “The national team still has a chance and we are playing in order to maintain this opportunity and increase our chances of qualifying,” he said....

While the young woman’s identity and ties to the American military remain unknown, her desperation mirrors that of the thousands of Afghans who rushed the Kabul tarmac this Monday following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. In a statement by the Pentagon on Monday, Director for Defense Intelligence Garry Reid voiced the administration’s intent to evacuate 22,000 Afghan asylum seekers awaiting the processing of their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications....

British military chiefs have warned that some troops are on the brink of exhaustion and NATO’s top military commander, Gen. James Jones, says he will urge member nations to send reinforcements when defense chiefs of staff meet in Warsaw this weekend to discuss the matter. “While some of [the violence] is predictable,” Jones said Thursday, “we should recognize we are a little bit surprised at the level of intensity, and that the opposition in some areas are not relying on traditional hit-and-run tactics....

A second period of independence is already underway. Pro-democracy groups in at least two dozen African countries are calling for economic reform and an end to autocratic systems that breed corruption and aggravate poverty. The end of the cold war undermined Marxist regimes in Angola, Mozambique and Ethiopia, where a rebel offensive last spring forced Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam to flee. For many African nations on the cusp of change, two paths seemed possible: open elections as in Benin and Cape Verde, where opposition candidates have dislodged longtime strongmen; or the violent disintegration that befell Liberia, Somalia and now Zaire, where unrest threatens the regime of President Mobutu Sese Seko....

Two years ago the cultural essayist Kurt Andersen argued that HBO had become what PBS should be: a safe haven for creativity in American television, where quality and daring, not ratings, determine a show’s fate. At the moment, however, the premium-cable powerhouse is suffering through a rare stretch of the blues. In early May, with the channel already bracing for the June 10 departure of “The Sopranos,” another gut punch came out of nowhere: Chris Albrecht, HBO’s beloved, Midas-like CEO, was forced to resign after an alleged booze-fueled physical altercation with his girlfriend in Las Vegas....

The Freehold Regional High School District, NJ.com reported, will have no in-person classes when school resumes on September 10. Superintendent Charles B. Sampson shared a letter on the district’s page this Wednesday, detailing the decision. Sampson began the note by mentioning how the district was preparing for a reopening for months with hybrid learning in mind. New health and safety standards were put in place, which included “temperature scanning devices, personal protective equipment, reconfigured classrooms, touchless fixtures in bathrooms and high touch areas, and effective cleaning equipment....

Biden campaigned heavily on being the leader America needs amid a crisis such as the pandemic and having a plan that would control outbreak and return American life to normalcy. However, his initial vaccine timeline fell in line with Trump’s, and some have called out Democrats for being hypocrites amid his decision to halt travel from South Africa, where a concerning new strain has been found. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday criticized Biden for pushing his “master plan” on the campaign trail and then changing tune once taking office....

Klinsmann’s men twice led before going down courtesy of a Nicklas Bendtner hat trick in Aarhus on Wednesday. MORE: Takeaways from the U.S.’s loss to Denmark | Klinsmann’s downfall at Bayern That meant a fourth defeat in five outings for the USA, which is making squandering leads an unwelcome habit, having also held second-half advantages during recent friendly reverses to Colombia and Chile. Klinsmann is keen to highlight the positives of a team in transition after the World Cup, but he concedes that losing in such a manner, even against esteemed opponents, has been tough to take....

After a meeting with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, told reporters that activists would protest against the senator in West Virginia, and also demonstrate against Sen. Sinema (D-AZ) in her home state. Speaking alongside low wage West Virginians who also met with Manchin, Barber said the pair were “betraying” the promises made by the Democratic Party ahead of the presidential election, and the subsequent Georgia runoff elections....

While speaking with Newsweek, Howard Greenberg of the Greenberg Law Firm in New York said “in all likelihood,” the rifle would be returned to Rittenhouse following the not guilty verdict. “Yes, no question about it,” Greenberg said when asked again if the rifle will be returned to Rittenhouse. Greenberg added that evidence is often returned to defendants after a not guilty verdict is reached. Rittenhouse was initially accused of carrying the AR-15 style firearm unlawfully during the Kenosha riots following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, but during his trial, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the misdemeanor gun possession charge and said that he was in lawful possession of the gun....

Sununu may be gone, but unfortunately for Bush, the threat from the right remains. Last week David Duke threw his hat–or hood–into the ring with an announcement speech full of race-baiting code (he described the Democrats as the “party of Jesse Jackson and Ron Brown,” both of whom are black). This week talk-show right-winger Patrick Buchanan will challenge Bush’s reelection with his “America First” campaign of isolationism and Japan-bashing. The media, eager to find fissures in the alliance that elected Ronald Reagan and Bush, wondered whether the president could still speak to the all-important “Bubba vote....