Boxing
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao isn’t ready to give up his night job just yet.
Pacquiao, who said before his last fight in April that he would retire, now plans to return to the ring in November against an opponent who has yet to be selected.
Promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday that Pacquiao got permission to take a break from his new duties as a senator in the Philippines to take another fight. It would be held Nov. 5, likely in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao looked impressive in his last fight in April, returning from a layoff to knock down Timothy Bradley on his way to a unanimous decision. After the fight he wavered on his previous plans to retire.
NFL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The family of a Missouri man fatally beaten in 2013 outside of Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, is suing the NFL franchise.
The Kansas City Star reports the wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Monday in Jackson County on behalf of Kyle Van Winkle’s widow and his son, who was just weeks old when Van Winkle died.
Seeking unspecified damages, the lawsuit blames lack of security in the parking lot at the time Van Winkle was beaten during an altercation.
Joshua Bradley of Independence has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Van Winkle’s death and is serving five years of probation.
Olympics
MADRID – Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador says he will miss the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of injuries that forced him to abandon the Tour de France.
Contador says “making it to Rio is practically ruled out.”
Contador, a two-time Tour winner, says he hopes to recover in time to compete in the Spanish Vuelta on Aug. 20.
The 33-year-old Contador withdrew from the ongoing Tour on Sunday during its ninth stage because of a fever.
Carli Lloyd, who has scored in the gold-medal winning final for the United States in the last two Olympics, has been named to the national team roster for the Rio Games.
Lloyd, who scored three goals in 16 minutes to lead the United States to victory over Japan in the final at last summer’s Women’s World Cup, joins fellow three-time Olympians midfielder Tobin Heath and goalkeeper Hope Solo on the roster announced Tuesday. Solo was also an alternate in 2004.
Midfielders Megan Rapinoe, forward Alex Morgan and defenders Kelley O’Hara and Becky Sauerbrunn will make their second Olympic appearance.
Players who make their debut in Brazil include goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defenders Whitney Engen, Julie Johnston, Meghan Klingenberg and Ali Krieger, midfielders Morgan Brian, Lindsey Horan and Allie Long, and forwards Crystal Dunn, Christen Press and Mallory Pugh.
LOS ANGELES – The chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Co. is joining Los Angeles’ bid to land the 2024 Olympics.
Bob Iger will serve as a vice chair of the bid committee’s board of directors, joining former Olympic champion swimmer Janet Evans, retired NBA champion Magic Johnson, nine-time Paralympian Candace Cable and labor leader Maria Elena Durazo.
LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman says Iger has a proven track record of reaching young people and families with content delivered through the latest digital technology.
Associated Press
