Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the ring in Michigan in September against David Izon, fight broadcasters and promoters have announced.
Tyson knocked out Lou Savarese in 38 seconds earlier this month in Glasgow, but again aroused controversy by swinging punches after the referee had stepped in to halt the fight.
Promoter Murad Muhammad pulled Izon out of a scheduled fight this month so he could be ready in early September.
The 32-year-old Nigerian won the 1992 Olympics silver medal and took top-ranked David Tua, Lennox Lewis' next scheduled opponent, 12 rounds before being stopped. He also lost to Michael Grant over five rounds.
Jay Larkin, Showtime's boxing boss, revealed that the bout would probably take place on Friday, September 8th to avoid clashing with Roy Jones' undisputed light-heavyweight title defence against unbeaten Eric Harding, which takes place a night later.
Racing: Top woman jockey Alex Greaves has failed a drug test. The 32-year-old will face a Jockey Club disciplinary committee hearing next Thursday after testing positive for a banned diuretic.
Greaves, who is married to Thirsk trainer David Nicholls, has broken new ground for her sex in racing since riding her first winner in 1989, notably becoming the first to partner a Group One winner.
She was involved in a dead heat for the Nunthorpe Stakes on the Nicholls-trained Ya Malak in 1997, and has ridden five winners to date this year.
Olympics: The British sprinter Dougie Walker is unlikely to be going to the Olympics after all. The European 200-metres champion is set to rule himself out of contention for Sydney by missing the trials in Birmingham next month, despite receiving permission to compete from the high court in London, which lifted his doping suspension at a hearing on Tuesday, writes Duncan Mackay.
The Edinburgh runner is concerned that he will not be able to do himself justice having been out of the sport for so long after his positive test for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in December 1998. He had hoped the court case would take place a month earlier to give him the opportunity to prepare properly.
Rugby: South Africa's rugby players are bearing the brunt of public fury for their country's wide-ranging sporting woes, lock forward Mark Andrews said yesterday.
With South African cricket in scandal and the failed 2006 soccer World Cup bid fresh in the memory, South Africans had been looking to the Springboks to restore some pride. But after a string of defeats the nation's beleaguered rugby players are now feeling the heat.
Andrews, summoned to Australia and rushed straight into the second row for the injury-hit Springboks for tomorrow's Tri-Nations game against the Wallabies, described the wave of criticism as a "bloodbath".
"The fact that our national side has not done well is just capping off everything. I think the public has had enough. I think they'll support the national luge side just to try and get someone to win something. Any side that can give us some national pride back."
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