Boxing

Klitschko scheduled to return in November — Wladimir Klitschko is on schedule in his recovery from an injured left calf, and the heavyweight champion says he will be ready to defend his title belts against Tyson Fury next month. Klitschko will begin training in less than two weeks at his usual camp in the Austrian Alps, the champ said Wednesday while taking a brief break from rehabilitation in California. The fight was delayed five weeks after Klitschko was injured in training last month. The bout was rescheduled for Nov. 28 at Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf, Germany, where a capacity crowd of 55,000 is still expected despite the date change.

Basketball

European expansion not likely in near future for NBA — Commissioner Adam Silver says it is “premature” to talk about an NBA expansion in Europe. Silver says he doesn’t think “it’s going to happen in the very near future” but “could happen one day.” Silver spoke in Madrid on Wednesday, a day before the Boston Celtics play Real Madrid in NBA’s Global Games tour. The commissioner also said the NBA will not stop if the international basketball federation decides to go ahead with its plan to change its calendar and have games coinciding with the NBA season.

Hockey

Sharks forward won’t appeal 41-game suspension — San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres will not appeal his 41-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg in a preseason game. The NHLPA said Wednesday that Torres will not contest the longest suspension in NHL history for a hit on another player.

Football

Goodell, owners expect future vote on L.A. relocation — Roger Goodell expects NFL owners will vote on franchise relocation to Los Angeles. The league’s commissioner said Wednesday the owners expressed interest “in wanting to be there, but also recognize we need to find solutions.” The St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers all have designs on moving to LA, which has not had an NFL franchise since 1995, when the Rams and Raiders left. The current timetable calls for submission of applications to relocate in January, when the owners could vote.

Fire at Texas home of Manziel’s grandfather probed — Fire officials say a blaze that destroyed an East Texas home belonging to the grandfather of Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel appears to be suspicious. Smith County Fire Marshal Jay Brooks says crews were called early Wednesday morning to the fire at a house near Lake Tyler that’s owned by Paul Manziel, Johnny Manziel’s grandfather. Brooks says no one was at the house at the time. He says no one had been there for the past two days. He says evidence indicates foul pay may have been involved. Brooks says — in his words — “We have recovered evidence that points to suspicion.” He says the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Explosives is joining the investigation, assisted by an accelerant-sniffing dog.

— From wire reports