LAS VEGAS - The heavyweight fight between four-time champion Evander Holyfield and James Toney will be Oct. 4 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, promoter Dan Goossen said.
Showtime pay-per-view will telecast the fight, which Holyfield hopes moves him closer to a championship bout.
Holyfield, 40, said he will not retire until he has the IBF, WBC and WBA belts. He lost a fight for the vacant IBF title to Chris Byrd in December. Lennox Lewis owns the WBC title, and Roy Jones Jr. is the WBA champ.
Toney, a three-time world champion, won the IBF cruiserweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Vassiliy Jirov on April 26.
SOCCER: FIFA clamps down on shirtless celebrations
Keep that shirt on, Brandi Chastain.
In a meeting in Geneva, FIFA's executive committee decided Saturday that players must keep their shirts on during games and banned all celebratory stripping.
"There were several awkward situations at the Confederations Cup," FIFA president Sepp Blatter told Swiss newspaper Blick. Blatter also said the sport's governing body intends to consider whether to impose a heat limit on games. Last week Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup in France. Temperatures were in the 90s; the cause of Foe's death has not been announced.
FIFA introduced the ban on shirt removal in 1996 but relaxed it. Players who ignore the regulation risk a yellow card.
In 1999 Chastain pulled off her shirt to reveal a sports bra after scoring the winning goal for the United States in the Women's World Cup final against China.
MLS: Clint Mathis had two goals, one in the final minute of regulation, and an assist as the MetroStars tied the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 4-4. Brian Ching scored twice for San Jose. ... Dema Kovalenko scored in the 79th minute to break a tie and D.C. United went on to a 3-1 win over the host Dallas Burn.
WUSA: Christine Latham scored her second goal in the 90th minute as the host San Diego Spirit salvaged a 2-2 tie with the San Jose CyberRays.
MORE SOCCER: Goalkeeper Tim Howard, midfielder Chris Armas and forward Taylor Twellman were among seven cut from the U.S. roster for this month's CONCACAF Gold Cup. Defenders C.J. Brown and Nick Garcia also were cut, as were midfielders Chris Klein and Steve Ralston. ... Gianfranco Zola, Chelsea's player of the year and top scorer last season, rejected a contract with the English Premier League team and will return to Italy to play for Cagliari after nearly seven years in London. ... AC Milan backed out of a match against Glasgow Celtic that was scheduled for July 25 in Cleveland. The Champions Cup winner has six competitions in the next year.
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ARENA FOOTBALL: Denver hired Indiana's Mike Dailey as coach to replace Bob Beers and sent three players to Dailey's former team as compensation. The Firebirds got receiver/defensive back Delvin Hughley, lineman Chris Janek and receiver/defensive back Anthony Derricks.
BASEBALL: Team USA's 2003 home debut in Durham, N.C., was suspended by rain in the fourth with the Americans leading Japan 3-0. The nine-inning game resumes today.
GYMNASTICS: The 2004 U.S. Olympic trials will be June 24-27 at Anaheim Arena in Calif., less than a year after the site hosts the world championships in August.
HORSES: Ocean Drive came from last in a field of seven to post a 11/4-length victory over Beautiful America in the inaugural Gaviola Stakes at Belmont Park. Ridden by Jerry Bailey, Ocean Drive ran 11/16 miles in 1:42. ... Silent Stream took the lead early and drew off to an 83/4-length victory over May Gator in the featured $63,825 allowance at Churchill Downs.
TRACK: Andrew Eggerth, 25, of Ramsey, Minn., tested positive for 19-norandrosterone and had an elevated testosterone-epitestosterone ratio at an indoor track meet in Saskatoon, Canada, on Feb. 9, and that has led the sprinter and hurdler to accept a two-year suspension.
