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The U.S. television audience for Sunday's Super Bowl on CBS Corp CBS.N dropped about 5.3 percent from last year, according to preliminary Nielsen data released by the network on Monday.

TENNIS-DAVISCUP/ Davis Cup champions Croatia among six seeded nations for finals

Davis Cup champions Croatia have been seeded second for the revamped 18-team finals week that will take place in Madrid in November. RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS/

Ireland's Stander likely to miss four weeks with facial injury DUBLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Ireland back row forward CJ Stander has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a facial injury, the main injury victim from the opening Six Nations defeat to England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

UPCOMING BASKETBALL

BASKETBALL-NBA-NOTEBOOK Field Level Media - NBA notebook

News and notes from around the NBA. 5 Feb, 20:00 ET/01:00 GMT

BASKETBALL-NBA-ROUNDUP Field Level Media - NBA Roundup

Highlights from every game in the NBA, compiled into one story. Feb 6

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL/PATRIOTS (TV)

Football - NFL - Boston parade celebrates Patriots' sixth Super Bowl title Thousands of New England Patriots fans are expected to line the streets of Boston to celebrate their team's victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.

5 Feb 11:00 ET / 16:00 GMT FOOTBALL-NFL-NEP-LAR

Field Level Media - Super Bowl Film Study: Belichick stacked odds in Pats’ favor FLM’s David DeChant broke down Super Bowl LIII in the film room and found Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and defensive coordinator Brian Flores won by forcing Jared Goff to beat them.

5 Feb, 16:30 ET/21:30 GMT FOOTBALL-NFL-MIA-FLORES

Field Level Media - Dolphins introduce Flores Patriots defensive coordinator Brian Flores is scheduled to be introduced as head coach of the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.

5 Feb, 18:00 ET/23:00 GMT FOOTBALL-NFL-CHI-GB-2019OPENER

Field Level Media - Report: Bears-Packers to open NFL’s 100th season Two of the NFL’s oldest franchises are reportedly the preference over the New England Patriots to open the league’s 100th season in September.

5 Feb, 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT FOOTBALL-NFL-NOTEBOOK

Field Level Media - NFL notebook News and notes from around the NFL

5 Feb 19:30 ET/00:30 GMT HOCKEY

ICEHOCKEY-NHL-NOTEBOOK Field Level Media - NHL notebook

News and notes from around the NHL 5 Feb 19:30 ET/00:30 GMT

RUGBY RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-ITA-WAL/ (PIX)

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales media interviews Wales hold media interview with a coach and selected players at thier training camp in Nice

5 Feb 07:00 ET/12:00 GMT CRICKET

CRICKET-TEST-AUS-LKA/ Cricket - Australia v Sri Lanka - Second Test

Australia meet Sri Lanka in the second of the two-test series in Canberra. Feb 5

SKIING ALPINE-WORLD/ (PIX)

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Are, Sweden hosts the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Day one is the women's Super-G competition.

Feb 5 ALPINE-WORLD/ (PIX) (TV)

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Lindsey Vonn news conference Lindsey Vonn attends a news conference after her super-G race at the World Ski Championships in Are. The 2010 Olympic champion announced last week that she will be retiring after these championships.

5 Feb 09:30 ET/14:30 GMT