Sports Briefs: Railhawks, Lebron, Nadal, Golf, F1

The Carolina RailHawks fell to the Montreal Impact 1-0 in Game 1 of their USSF D-2 Pro League soccer series.

On a cold, wet Thursday night in Montreal. RailHawks forward Tom Heinemann appeared to score the tying goal in the 79th minute, but he was flagged for offside.

The RailHawks return home down 1-0 on aggregate and will close out the semifinals on Sunday at 6 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park.

The Impact scored the game's lone goal in the 35th minute when a free kick from Leonardo Di Lorenzo found the left corner of the net. The free kick came just outside the box, and Di Lorenzo was able to slip it past the wall and RailHawks goalkeeper Eric Reed.

"In the first half Montreal played really well, and we didn't play as well as we would have liked to," RailHawks coach Martin Rennie said. "But in the second half we improved a lot and had some chances to win the game, and we had a good goal from what we could see that was given offsides, and that was disappointing."

The teams combined for six yellow cards and 28 fouls in a physical game.

Canadian doctor indicted

A high-profile Canadian sports doctor charged earlier this year with smuggling unapproved drugs into the United States to treat professional athletes was formally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Buffalo, N.Y.

The five-count indictment alleges that Dr. Anthony Galea, 51, of Toronto, smuggled human growth hormone and other unapproved substances into the U.S. and conspired and lied to border agents to avoid getting caught.

The charges, similar to those contained in a criminal complaint in May, set Galea on the path to trial.

The doctor, who is not authorized to work in the United States, is accused of treating 20 professional athletes at their homes, hotels and friends' houses from October 2007 to September 2009, including giving them free Viagra if they asked.

The indictment does not identify any athletes by name, but as the case moves toward trial, evidence and witness statements could be revealed in court, said U.S. Attorney William Hochul, whose office is prosecuting the case.

LeBron James 'Fortunate'

LeBron James is the only athlete named on Fortune's list of this year's "40 Under 40" stars in the business world.

The Miami Heat forward and two-time reigning NBA MVP was ranked No. 20 on the list, which took into account both his earning power on and off the floor (an estimated $42.4 million this year) and the attention he generated during the free agency process this summer.

Arenas returns, promptly gets injured: Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas left his first home game since being suspended for bringing guns to the Verizon Center last season with a strained right groin.

Arenas didn't start Thursday night's preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks, two days after faking a knee injury to miss a home game. He left after playing three minutes in the first quarter.

Arenas didn't attempt a shot but had three steals, a rebound, an assist and a blocked shot. He was fined Wednesday for saying he had a sore left knee.

Nadal ousted in Shanghai

Rafael Nadal failed to reach a quarterfinal for the first time this year, upset 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 by Jurgen Melzer in the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray eased into the next round. Djokovic defeated Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-1, while Murray beat qualifier Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 to reach his ninth quarterfinal this year.

Djokovic faces Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who upset Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych 7-6 (4), 6-3. Garcia-Lopez advanced Wednesday when Andy Roddick retired with a groin injury.

Murray will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who defeated Florian Mayer 7-5, 6-3.

Lincicome shoots 61

Brittany Lincicome shot an 11-under 61 on Thursday, recording the tour's best round of the season on the first day of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, Calif.

Lincicome had 11 birdies at the 6,185-yard Blackhawk Country Club, posting the second-lowest under-par score in tour history. The 61 also was a career best for Lincicome, who entered the week 62nd on the money list.

Frys.com Open: Rocco Mediate had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole and shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Thursday to top the leaderboard in the first round of the Frys.com Open at San Martin, Calif.

Paul Goydos, Bo Van Felt and Ryuji Imada opened with 65s, and John Mallinger, Michael Letzig and Will MacKenzie had 66s. Jamie Lovemark also was 5 under with two holes left.

European PGA: Robert Karlsson and Johan Edfors of Sweden and Maarten Lafeber of the Netherlands led the Portugal Masters after shooting 64s in the first round Thursday.

F1 headed to Russia in 2014

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia has reached a deal with Formula One to host a Grand Prix race near the Black Sea resort of Sochi beginning in 2014.

Putin made the statement before meeting Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone in Sochi, which is also hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. Ecclestone and Russian officials plans to sign the deal later Thursday.

Russia has tried to get on the F1 circuit before, but former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov failed to reach an agreement with Ecclestone in 2002 to use the city as a venue.

The deal is believed to come at a cost to the Russians of at least $40 million per year for five years, including an option to extend for another five.

Associated Press