Sports briefs: Meeting on steroids delayed

Brian McNamee's meeting with federal prosecutors investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress has been delayed.

The pitcher's former personal trainer had been scheduled to meet Tuesday in Washington with prosecutors preparing the grand-jury case against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, who denied under oath last year that he used illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

YANKEES SUBPOENAED: A New York Assembly committee investigating whether millions of dollars in public funding should be used to build the new Yankee Stadium has subpoenaed New York Yankees president Randy Levine and city Industrial Development Agency Chairman Seth Pinsky.

BRIEFLY: Free-agent reliever Guillermo Mota, 35, is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers, pending a physical examination.

* Preston Gomez, 85, the first manager in San Diego Padres history, died Tuesday in Fullerton, Calif. He took over the expansion Padres in 1969.

* Right-hander Koji Uehara, 33, finalized a $10 million, two-year deal with the Baltimore Orioles, making him the franchise's first Japanese-born player.

* Career saves leader Trevor Hoffman, 41, and the Milwaukee Brewers announced a $6 million, one-year deal after the reliever passed a physical.

* Former major league catcher Todd Greene will become the Tampa Bay Rays' quality assurance coach, an instructional and self-scouting position.

Castroneves parked

Helio Castroneves is being replaced on Team Penske by Australian driver Will Power -- at least until the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner's tax evasion trail is resolved.

Castroneves, who has pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy and tax evasion involving about $5.5 million in income stashed in offshore accounts, is scheduled to go to trial in Miami on March 2, just over a month before the IndyCar season begins.

YATES RACING TO RUN HALL OF FAME'S TEAM: Hall of Fame Racing became the latest NASCAR team to use a merger to stave off collapse, aligning with Yates Racing. Hall of Fame's No. 96 will switch to Ford and operate out of Yates' recently expanded facility. No driver was chosen. Doug Yates and Max Jones will remain co-owners of their cars. Hall of Fame's car will still be owned by Jeff Moorad.

Djokovic advances

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia, adjusting to a new racket, rebounded from a first-round loss at Brisbane last week with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over France's Paul-Henri Mathieu on Wednesday in the Sydney International tennis tournament at hot, steamy Sydney, Australia.

Also advancing to today's quarterfinals were No. 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, whom Djokovic beat in the Australian Open final last year, and No. 4 David Nalbandian of Argentina.

HEINEKEN OPEN: Qualifiers John Isner of Greensboro and Bobby Reynolds completed an American sweep of first-round matches at Auckland, New Zealand.

After fighting through three three-set qualifying matches to reach the main draw, Isner, 23, beat seventh-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Reynolds battled for 2 hours, 42 minutes to beat fellow qualifier Oscar Hernandez of Spain 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2.

LIVE MATCHES ON THE INTERNET: The ATP and WTA tours will offer fans the chance to see more matches live on the Internet for a fee. The men's and women's tours announced the creation of TennisTV.com on Tuesday.

$1,152 to watch soccer

Real Madrid is charging as much as 870 euros ($1,152) for a seat at a Feb. 25 Champions League round-of-16 match against Liverpool, a record ticket price for soccer's richest club by sales.

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FORMER BRAZIL STAR DIES: Friaca, who scored the goal for Brazil in a 2-1 loss to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final, died Monday in Itaperuna, Brazil, the country's soccer federation said. He was 84.

Woods' knee better

Tiger Woods said on his Web site that his surgically repaired left knee is holding up well as he continues his recovery from anterior cruciate ligament surgery. He has set no timetable for his return to the U.S. PGA Tour.

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FUJIKAWA ADVANCES: Hawaii's Tadd Fujikawa, 18, is one of four golfers to survive Monday qualifying and move on to this week's Sony Open in Kahuku, Hawaii. The Sony Open tees off Thursday at the Waialae Country Club.

Glenn at sports club

David Glenn, publisher of the ACC Sports Journal, will be the guest speaker at the Raleigh Sports Club's lunch meeting today at noon.

The meeting will be held at Highland United Methodist Church at 1901 Ridge Road. The cost is $14 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Learn more at www.raleighsportsclub.org.

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