The Angels are inviting nine nonroster players,...

The Angels are inviting nine nonroster players, including right-hander Steve Ontiveros and infielders Luis Alicea and Jack Howell, to spring training.

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New York Yankee slugger Cecil Fielder said he is willing to trade places with Hideki Irabu, the Japanese pitcher who has refused to negotiate with the Padres.

Fielder has demanded a trade by the Yankees, and if none is made by March 15 he can become a free agent.

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Left-hander Wilson Alvarez and the Chicago White Sox agreed to a one-year contract worth $4,662,500, a raise of more than $1.8 million. . . . Pitcher Roger McDowell and catcher Tony Pena were among 14 nonroster players invited to spring training by the White Sox. . . . Free agent outfielder Derrick May and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to a minor-league contract. . . . The New York Yankees have rewarded Manager Joe Torre with a two-year contract extension, through the 1999 season. . . . Third baseman Chris Sabo agreed to a minor-league contract with the Seattle Mariners. . . . Outfielder Dave Clark agreed to a minor-league contract with the Chicago Cubs. . . Infielder Kurt Abbott and the Florida Marlins agreed to a $650,000, one-year contract. . . . Ryan Minor, who has been playing with the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the CBA, will go to spring training with the Baltimore Orioles.

Tennis

Top-seeded Goran Ivanisevic struggled to an opening-round victory over Magnus Norman of Sweden, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, in the Croatian Indoor tournament in Zagreb. . . . Playing her first match since her father was sentenced to prison, Steffi Graf rebounded from her early exit at the Australian Open by beating Lisa Raymond, 6-3, 6-2, at the Toray Pan Pacific tournament in Tokyo.

Miscellany

China got goals from Hao Haidong and Li Tie and beat the United States, 2-1, in a soccer exhibition in Kumming, China.

Former world champion Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, 38, faces unheralded Ed Dalton in a 10-round light-heavyweight bout Friday night at the Forum.

China’s Han Xue broke her own world record for the women’s short-course 50-meter breaststroke, with a clocking of 30.88 seconds at Glasgow, Scotland.

Olympic figure skating champion Oksana Baiul, 19, who had a blood-alcohol content of 0.168 at the time of her Jan. 12 accident, will keep her Connecticut driver’s license because she was first taken to a hospital.

Luc Alphand of France won the World Cup super-G event in 1 minute 25.23 seconds at Laax, Switzerland.