IN BRIEF

MOTOR SPORTS

Castroneves indicted on tax evasion charges

Helio Castroneves, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV's "Dancing with the Stars" champion, was indicted Thursday in Miami federal court on tax evasion and tax fraud charges, accused of using offshore accounts to hide millions of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service.

The 33-year-old driver is charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion for purportedly failing to report to the IRS about $5.5 million in income between 1999 and 2004, according to court documents. Each count carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.

Also facing charges are Katiucia Castroneves, the driver's sister and business manager, and attorney Alan R. Miller of Birmingham, Mich. All three are scheduled to make court appearances today, and it wasn't immediately clear if they had hired defense lawyers. None was under arrest Thursday.

GOLF

South Korean Shin fires 67, leads LPGA event

South Korean Ji-Yai Shin shot a 5-under-par 67 to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Samsung World Championship in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

The 20-year-old Shin, who won the Women's British Open in August, leads Paula Creamer by one stroke.

Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam were 17 minutes into their rounds and on the second fairway as the last twosome to start when the horn sounded and play was suspended for 26 minutes because of dense fog. It was eerie at times in the fog, with the crash of ocean waves serving as background noise as players searched for the flag before they hit.

Ochoa, the world No. 1 and two-time defending Samsung champion, and five-time winner Sorenstam each missed tough birdie putts on 18 to finish in a group at 69.

Also: Jeff Overton shot a 5-under 67 to take the first-round lead at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y., the second stop on the PGA Tour's Fall Series. Overton leads Michael Allen and Steve Allan by one stroke.

Soren Hansen and Ross Fisher each shot an 8-under 64 to share the first-round lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews, Scotland.

TENNIS

Venus Williams reaches quarters in Germany

Venus Williams moved into the Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinals in Stuttgart, Germany, by defeating Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 6-2, one day after sister Serena was beaten and lost her No. 1 ranking.

Jelena Jankovic won her first match since learning that she will regain the top ranking, defeating Alona Bondarenko, 6-2, 6-0. Russia's Dinara Safina, Vera Zvonareva and Nadia Petrova also made the quarterfinals.

Also: Maria Sharapova won't play the rest of the year because of a shoulder injury, the WTA Tour said. She has been out since Wimbledon.

Top-seeded David Ferrer and second-seeded Andy Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open in Tokyo. Ferrer defeated wild-card Takao Suzuki 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, and Roddick beat Jurgen Melzer, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

MISCELLANEOUS

EA Sports executive to replace Ueberroth

The U.S. Olympic Committee is replacing a name most sports fans know -- Peter Ueberroth -- with an architect of a game most sports fans know -- EA Sports.

Larry Probst, a longtime executive at the company that makes some of the nation's most popular video games -- including Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour -- was elected in a unanimous vote to replace Ueberroth as the USOC's chairman of the board. Probst, 58, will take office next month at the USOC's annual assembly.

Ueberroth will stay on with the USOC in a nonvoting capacity, his presence considered essential to the federation's attempt to land the 2016 Olympics in Chicago. The International Olympic Committee vote is scheduled for October 2009.

Also: Sophomore Chris Smelley will start at quarterback for South Carolina on Saturday at Mississippi.

Earlier this week, coach Steve Spurrier said redshirt freshman Stephen Garcia was likely to start, then pretty much confirmed that on his subscription Web site, spurrierhbc.com. The team's depth chart also listed Garcia as the starter.

The Gamecocks (3-2, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) enter the game with a six-game SEC losing streak, by far the worst of Spurrier's career.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios will be sidelined three to six weeks with a fractured shin bone.

Chelios, 46, is the NHL's oldest player and entering his 25th NHL season, 10th with Detroit. The team said he was injured while blocking a shot in Tuesday's preseason loss to Montreal.

Duke, UCLA, Michigan and Southern Illinois will serve as regional hosts for the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. The winners of the four four-team tournaments will advance to the semifinals and finals at New York's Madison Square Garden on Nov. 20 and 21.

New York Knicks forward Jared Jeffries fractured his left fibula at practice Thursday and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.

Cyclist Riccardo Ricco was banned two years by the Italian Olympic Committee after admitting to doping during the Tour de France. He tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-booster EPO, after winning two stages of this year's Tour.

Operation Puerto, cycling's biggest doping investigation, has been shut down without a single conviction. Spanish media reported that a judge officially sealed Operation Puerto, a civil guard probe that had implicated more than 50 riders.