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Spotlight moves away from WCup as Brazil grieves
FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke attends an inspection of reconstruction work on the National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The stadium will host games at this year's Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Motor racing-Italian Valsecchi given third driver role at Lotus
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Italian Davide Valsecchi, last year’s GP2 champion, moved a step closer to Formula One when he was named as third driver for the Lotus team on Monday. “I hope that this is a really good start to a career in Formula One,” said the 26-year-old, who tested for Lotus in Abu Dhabi last year only days after Kimi Raikkonen had won the grand prix there for the team. …

NFL-Congressmen criticise players union over lack of HGH test
Jan 28 (Reuters) – The reluctance of the National Football League Players Association to implement in-season testing for human growth hormone (HGH) has been criticised by key members of a congressional oversight committee. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and ranking member Elijah Cummings called for action by the players union and hinted they may call individual players before the committee. …

Spotlight moves away from WCup as Brazil grieves
FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke attends an inspection of reconstruction work on the National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The stadium will host games at this year’s Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Spotlight moves away from WCup as Brazil grieves
FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke attends an inspection of reconstruction work on the National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The stadium will host games at this year's Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Motor racing-Lotus refuse to be modest with new F1 car
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus team won the race to be first to show off their 2013 Formula One car on Monday with a challenger that put performance over beauty and turned up its nose at cosmetic surgery. In one of the few rule changes for the year ahead, teams are now allowed to use ‘modesty panels’ to streamline the ugly ‘broken noses’ that caused gasps of dismay when first sighted last season. The fairings, fitted over existing structures, do not affect the car’s aerodynamics and teams are not obliged to use them. …

A boy rides his bicycle at the Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro
A boy rides his bicycle at the Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro January 28, 2013. An Indian community of 30 that claim to have lived in the abandoned Indian Museum since 2006 are afraid they may be forced to leave their home due to World Cup constructions and renovations of the Maracana soccer stadium next door. A parking lot for 10,000 cars was planned for the spot where the Indians are living, according to Rio de Janeiro's state government. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL – Tags: SOCIETY SPORT)

Soccer player Thiago Kayapo, from an Indigenous soccer team, controls the ball at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro
Soccer player Thiago Kayapo, from an Indigenous soccer team, controls the ball at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro January 28, 2013. An Indian community of 30 that claim to have lived in the abandoned Indian Museum since 2006 are afraid they may be forced to leave their home due to World Cup constructions and renovations of the Maracana soccer stadium next door. A parking lot for 10,000 cars was planned for the spot where the Indians are living, according to Rio de Janeiro's state government. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL – Tags: SOCIETY SPORT)