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LOS ANGELES — It has been a whirlwind several days for Carlos Vela and he still has to travel back to Spain. “It has been crazy,” Vela said . Finally, there’s some sort of normalcy as Vela was officially introduced as the first Designated Player for the Los Angeles Football Club. “This is a statemen...

Los Angeles Football Club has its coach in Bob Bradley and is now closing in on its first big signing. The club is nearing a deal to sign Mexican inteational Carlos Vela as the club’s first designated player. Vela, 28, has spent the past six years with Real Sociedad in Spain. According to a team s...

Rancho Cucamonga boxer Daniel Franco, 25, has improved enough from bleeding in the brain that his family hopes he can soon be transported from Iowa to Southe Califoia. Franco, who was knocked out in the eighth round of a June 10 bout in Sloan, Iowa, was moved out of the intensive care unit Tuesd...

Al Franco, father and trainer of injured Rancho Cucamonga boxer Daniel Franco, on Thursday moing posted a short, encouraging update on his son’s GoFundMe page. The update read, in part, “Good moing, Daniel had another good night. His temperature fluctuates but they say that is normal. Today they...

Boxing needs a break today. It needs Carlos Cuadras to be its next happy warrior. It needs Cuadras to step into The Forum ring on Saturday night and give Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez the type of impassioned 12-round argument that can launch a 115-pound rivalry, maybe even a trilogy, a Vazquez-Marquez or Carbajal-Chaquita Conzalez kind of thing that will get people talking about something besides pay-per-views and mandatory defenses. Because we’re ruing out of 2016, and we need another hero. We’re almost reduced to begging Floyd Mayweather Jr. to retrieve the black hat and the play money and come back into our lives. Sure, you only watched Mayweather because you wanted to see somebody give h...

ANAHEIM >> More than once this season, Angels catcher Geovany Soto told teammate Carlos Perez to relax. And more than once, the 25-year-old Perez would grip the bat tightly, resisting the advice of his 33-year-old mentor. Perez ultimately leaed his lesson the hard way. By the All-Star break, he had nearly as many strikeouts (35) as hits (38). His .204 batting average left the Angels little choice but to send him to Triple-A Salt Lake to clear his mind. It worked. As soon as he arrived in Salt Lake, Perez said, “I just felt like you don’t have to have that kind of pressure. Just play. When I came back the first time, that’s what I did.” Perez, who was recalled for a second time Wednesd...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Moroccan Olympic boxer was arrested Friday on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian women. Police said they arrested Hassan Saada for possible assaults Wednesday on the two housekeepers in the Olympic Village. Chief investigator Carolina Salomao said the women filed a report this week, saying the 22-year-old boxer had asked them to go to his room, then restrained and fondled them. “They were cleaning the room right across his, and he assaulted them. He groped the breast of one of them and touched the other woman’s thigh. They were able to get out,” Salomao told reporters. The detective said Saada shared the room with two other athletes, but was alone at the time...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police say they have jailed a Moroccan Olympic boxer on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian women. In a statement, police say they arrested boxer Hassan Saada on Friday for possible assaults on two Brazilian women who worked as waitresses in the Olympic Village. According to the statement, the attacks happened on Wednesday. No other details were given. Police say Saada will be jailed for a period of 15 days while they conduct a rape investigation. Under Brazilian law, suspects can be held for a long period of time while a case is examined. He was due to compete Saturday. A light heavyweight boxer, he was set to fight Mehmet Nadir of Turkey in the preli...

It was Jan. 23 at Staples Center. Dominic Breazeale of Alhambra was tangling with Amir Mansour, who could crack, but was 43 years old. Down went Breazeale in the third round. It appeared that Breazeale’s dream of becoming heavyweight world champion after not doing the gloves until he was 23 was crumbling. After all, a loss to a middle-aged fighter would do a lot more than give Breazeale his first loss. Undaunted, Breazeale weathered the storm and eventually took a fifth-round TKO when Mansour couldn’t answer the bell for the sixth. This is what makes a champion, and that’s why Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) seems convinced Breazeale will be a worthy challenger when they square off Saturday f...

It was Jan. 23 at Staples Center. Dominic Breazeale of Alhambra was tangling with Amir Mansour, who could crack, but was 43 years old. Down went Breazeale in the third round. It appeared that Breazeale’s dream of becoming heavyweight world champion after not doing the gloves until he was 23 was crumbling. After all, a loss to a middle-aged fighter would do a lot more than give Breazeale his first loss. Undaunted, Breazeale weathered the storm and eventually took a fifth-round TKO when Mansour couldn’t answer the bell for the sixth. This is what makes a champion, and that’s why Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) seems convinced Breazeale will be a worthy challenger when they square off Saturday f...