Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Ravens get royal sendoff on their way to Super Bowl NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The Baltimore Ravens arrived in NewOrleans on Monday, a day later than their opponents forSunday’s Super Bowl, but inspired by a rousing farewell theyreceived from their most dedicated supporters. Ravens coachJohn Harbaugh was still beaming when he touched down with histeam in the Big Easy and went straight to his first newsconference ahead of Sunday’s title game against the SanFrancisco 49ers. …
Soccer-Keita hopes cup run brings joy to war-torn Mali
DURBAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Providing a joyful distraction from the conflict back home is Mali’s primary objective at the African Nations Cup, captain Seydou Keita admitted after his side advanced to the quarter-finals on Monday. With French troops and government forces advancing against Islamist insurgents in the north of the West African state, Keita told reporters he was reassessing Mali’s priorities at the tournament in South Africa. “I’m not interested in medals for myself, I want one thing now and that is to give pleasure to my country. …
UPDATE 1-Anglo American takes $4 bln hit on Minas-Rio
Anglo American will takea $4 billion writedown on its Minas-Rio iron ore project inBrazil after delays and cost overruns forced the mining group toincrease expenditure on the project. The company said …
Quang Liêm có tr?n hòa gây tranh cãi v?i Ivanchuk
(TNO) Vòng ??u th? 7 Festival c? vua Tradewise Gibraltar di?n ra r?ng sáng 29.1 t?i Anh gi?a k? th? ?ang x?p h?ng ??u b?ng t?ng s?p Lê Quang Liêm g?p h?t gi?ng s? 1 Ivanchuk (Ukraine), ?ã hòa ch?p nhoáng sau 14 n??c ?i thay vì ph?i ?i ?? 30 n??c nh? lu?t ??nh. K?t thúc c?a m?t truy?n nhân
TTCT – V?i m?t tr?n ??u giã t? sân c? ly k? và ??y sóng gió nh? chính s? nghi?p c?a mình, "chú l?a" Ariel Ortega treo giày ? tu?i 38. Sports shorts: Cats in hunt for golf title; UA runner Lalang honored
Led by Trent Redfern, the host Arizona men’s golf team trailed leaders TCU and Arizona State by only five strokes heading into final day of the Arizona Intercollegiate at Vistoso Golf Club.
A Fox National Sports Net Would Make Sense, But Wouldn't Ding ESPN: Analyst
Nomura Equity Research's Michael Nathanson does a nice job this morning of laying out the likely business arrangements for News Corp's still unannounced but widely expected plan to convert its Speed channel into a national network to be called Fox Sports 1, with Fuel to be rebranded as Fox Sports 2. Rupert Murdoch is betting on "what the company believes will be increasing value of live sports over the next couple of decades," Nathanson says. Advertisers spent a record $13.3B on broadcast and cable sports last year, confident that viewers would watch them live -- instead of recording the shows to [...] 
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