In Brief

BOXING

Haye-Chisora heavyweight
rematch to take place in July

David Haye and Dereck Chisora will fight in London on July 14, five months after a brawl between the British heavyweights led authorities to strip Chisora of his boxing license.

Chisora's manager, Frank Warren, said on Tuesday the fight at West Ham soccer club will be sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation since the British Boxing Board of Control refused involvement because neither fighter has a license.

Haye relinquished his last year to retire following the loss of his WBA title to Wladimir Klitschko.

Warren previously said he would not be involved in a fight between the pair, who brawled during a news conference after Chisora lost to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko in Munich on Feb. 19.

He told BBC radio that he changed his mind when British authorities delayed Chisora's appeal against the withdrawal of his license.

Also: Las Vegas heavyweight Michael Hunter advanced to the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil with an impressive 25-7 win over Marcio Figueroa of Nicaragua.

Hunter built an 18-6 advantage going into the final round and dominated over the final three minutes. If Hunter wins his bout Friday against Ecuador's Julio Cesar Torres, he will clinch a spot in London in late July. The top three in his weight class qualify.

COLLEGES

Penn State football assistant
to file lawsuit against school

The Penn State football assistant whose report of Jerry Sandusky allegedly attacking a child in the showers led to Joe Paterno's firing said in a court filing that he is suing the school.

The "writ of summons" filed by Mike McQueary's lawyer described it as a whistle-blower case, but the brief document was not accompanied by a full complaint that would lay out the allegations.

McQueary, then a graduate assistant, has said he complained to Paterno of seeing the boy in a locker room shower naked with Sandusky.

McQueary, who was a receivers coach, was placed on paid administrative leave by the school in November. Penn State spokesman Dave La Torre said school officials were unable to comment because they had not seen the complaint.

Also: Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne retired, a year before his contract was due to expire, and acknowledged that he had little say about when the school opted to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.

Byrne became A&M's AD in 2002, and the school won 45 Big 12 championships in 13 sports during his tenure. But his legacy will always be tied to the school's move to the SEC, starting in July.

Former Louisiana State quarterback Jordan Jefferson and Tigers linebacker Josh Johns are being sued by four men who claim they were injured in a fight outside a bar near the Baton Rouge campus last summer.

Lance Unglesby, one of Jefferson's attorneys, says the timing of the lawsuit, shortly after Jefferson received a pro tryout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, proves that the matter was always about money. A grand jury declined to indict Johns, while Jefferson was indicted on a misdemeanor charge. Both players were reinstated to the team last season.

UNLV's Stefany Valentino was named Mountain West Conference softball player of the week. Valentino helped UNLV go 2-1 last week at New Mexico, going 6-for-10 with a grand slam, five singles, six RBIs and four runs scored. She also drew four walks in her 14 plate appearances.

MISCELLANEOUS

IOC plans to retest samples
from 2004 Athens Games

Eight years later, the IOC will likely retest doping samples from the Athens Olympics to catch any drug cheats who might have avoided detection.

With the frozen samples set to be destroyed this summer after eight years in storage, IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist told The Associated Press that the Olympic body is likely to retest some for substances that can now be detected - including insulin and human growth hormone.

The International Olympic Committee has previously retested samples from the 2006 Winter Games in Turin and 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.

Also: Suspended jockey Robby Albarado was not on hand at his hearing on an assault charge, but had his attorney enter a not guilty plea in Louisville, Ky.

The veteran rider was sidelined for the two biggest racing days at Churchill Downs after getting arrested Friday and charged with fourth-degree assault. He was accused of accosting a woman who said she was trying to break up with him.

Albarado's arrest came hours before he was to ride in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies the day before the Kentucky Derby. Churchill stewards have suspended him indefinitely from the famed Louisville track, where he is third on the all-time jockey wins list.