Vargas and Mayorga now set for Nov. 23

The Fernando Vargas-Ricardo Mayorga bout has been rescheduled for Nov. 23 at Staples Center.

Originally scheduled for Sept. 8, the fight was postponed last weekend after Vargas was diagnosed with an iron deficiency after taking a routine blood test.

“Vargas is feeling better already and he’s really excited about getting back into training,” publicist Ed Keenan said.

“The doctor said he can get back into full training in three weeks.”

Keenan said undercard details will be announced shortly. Main Events and Don King are co-promoting the card.

Vargas, a two-time world champion, has said this will be his final fight. The 29-year-old boxer from Oxnard is 26-4 with 22 knockouts.

Mayorga, a three-time world champion from Nicaragua, is 27-6-1 with 22 knockouts.

The fighters have agreed on a 162-pound weight limit.

Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions has struck a six-fight deal to stage fights at the 1,200-seat Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon.

The first card will be Sept. 28 when junior-featherweight Daniel Ponce De Leon (32-1, 29 knockouts) meets Reinaldo Lopez (27-5-2, 19 KOs).

-- Lance Pugmire

COLLEGE SPORTS

Oregon interested in Fullerton’s Horton

Cal State Fullerton baseball Coach George Horton, who has led the Titans to the College World Series four times in the last five seasons and to the national title in 2004, is among a handful of candidates to become coach at Oregon, according to a report in the Eugene Register-Guard.

Oregon Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny told the newspaper that he has had discussions with Horton, 53, who completed his 11th season at Fullerton. The Titans finished 38-25, but advanced to the College World Series. His career record at Fullerton is 490-212-1.

Oregon has not had a baseball team since 1980-81 because the sport was cut to save money. The Ducks will resume play in the 2009 season.

-- Peter Yoon

Mike Montgomery, the winningest coach in Stanford men’s basketball history, will return to the school as an assistant to the athletic director.

Montgomery, who won 393 games in his 18 years with the Cardinal, will begin his new job Sept. 4. He will be responsible for fund-raising and public relations while also serving as a mentor to Stanford’s coaching staff.

San Diego State and St. Mary’s will play Dec. 8 in the 14th annual John R. Wooden Classic doubleheader at Anaheim. UCLA will play Davidson in the second game.

SOCCER

U.S. under-17 team is eliminated by Germany

Richard Sukuta-Pasu scored two second-half goals, and Germany eliminated the United States from the FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a 2-1 victory at Cheonan, South Korea.

Sukuta-Pasu, who is with Bayer Leverkusen, scored in the 65th and 89th minutes, both times off assists from Toni Kroos. Mykell Bates scored for the Americans in the second minute of second-half injury time.

The Czech soccer federation began investigating alleged Nazi salutes by Sparta Prague midfielder Pavel Horvath during a league match.

Federation spokesman Vit Pavlusek said Horvath’s conduct was judged “unsportsmanlike,” according to initial findings by the federation’s disciplinary committee.

JURISPRUDENCE

Texas woman gets probation in Starr case

An 82-year-old Texas woman who pleaded guilty to trying to extort $2 million from Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr was sentenced to one year probation.

A federal judge ordered Ruby Y. Young to not have any contact with Starr or his family or contact the media about an alleged relationship she had with the two-time Super Bowl MVP in 1960.

MISCELLANY

WWE suspends 10 wrestlers

World Wrestling Entertainment has suspended 10 of its wrestlers for violations of a policy that tests for steroids and other drugs, the company said.

The WWE issued suspension notices based on independent information from the prosecutor’s office in Albany County, N.Y., which has been investigating illegal steroid sales.

Neither the WWE nor the Albany County district attorney’s office would comment on the suspended wrestlers’ identities. No criminal charges were filed, they said.

Under a WWE policy instituted last year that requires tests for steroids and other drugs, a wrestler faces a 30-day suspension without pay for a first violation, a 60-day suspension for a second violation and firing for a third violation. Performers are tested at least four times a year.

Australia’s sports doping agency has cleared champion swimmer Ian Thorpe of doping charges that arose last year when urine tests showed elevated levels of two banned substances.

“The evidence available does not indicate the use of performance-enhancing substances by Mr. Thorpe,” the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) said in a statement.

“He has no case to answer.”

A star of Ireland’s Gaelic football league is reportedly director of an illegal dogfighting club.

The 17-month undercover investigation by BBC Northern Ireland’s “Spotlight” program, broadcast Thursday night, found evidence of 15 illegal dogfighting operations in the British territory of 1.7 million people.

The program secretly filmed Gerard Cavlan, a 31-year-old member of the County Tyrone Gaelic football team, discussing his ownership of more than a dozen dogs -- and bragging about how one “hard-mouthed dog” gripped another in its jaws.