After Onyewu was injured in last week's World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica, the U.S. Soccer Federation projected his recovery at three to four months. The federation issued a new estimate of six months yesterday, after national team physician Bert Mandelbaum operated on the 27-year-old in Los Angeles.

The World Cup opens June 11 in South Africa.

GOLF: Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa will play in next month's HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China, in a field that includes Tiger Woods. . . . Nick O'Hern cruised to a career-low 63 and the lead in the PGA Tour's Frys.com Open at Grayhawk Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. . . . Defending champion Sergio Garcia shot an 8-under 63 on his home course, the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo in Castellon, Spain, to lead the European Tour's Castello Open.

TENNIS: Patty Schnyder beat U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6), to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open.

Qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova upset top-seeded Vera Zvonareva, 6-0, 6-2, in the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, sending Jelena Jankovic to the season-ending WTA Championships.

Jankovic, who is five points ahead of Zvonareva, will fill the final spot at the tournament in Doha, Qatar. Jankovic, the defending champion at the Kremlin Cup, defeated Lucie Safarova, 7-6 (5), 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals.

Serena and Venus Williams, Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, and Victoria Azarenka already have qualified for the championships and skipped the event in Moscow.

Robin Soderling defeated Andreas Seppi, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open.

COLLEGES: ESPN.com reported that Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has questions regarding the eligibility of highly touted Kentucky freshman John Wall. Slive said there are "amateur issues" surrounding the basketball star.

The Web site reported that the problem stems from Wall's relationship with AAU coach Brian Clifton, who was a certified agent between 2007 and 2008.

Kentucky spokesman DeWayne Peevy said the school had no comment.

Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss drunken-driving charges against Kansas guard Brady Morningstar if he stays out of trouble for the next year.

CYCLING: Lance Armstrong will compete in next year's Tour of California, which will feature route changes and be moved from February to May to avoid the rainy season, organizers said.

OLYMPICS: Jennifer Rodriguez has likely qualified for a second event in her bid to get back to the Olympics, leading the 1,000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials. Rodriguez, who won two medals at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, posted a time of 1 minute, 17.91 seconds at Milwaukee's Pettit National Ice Center, edging Heather Richardson (1:17.93) and Elli Ochowicz (1:18.05).

The flame for the Vancouver Olympics was lit by the sun's rays in an ancient ceremony in Olympia, Greece, heralding the start of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games.

More than 2,000 urine and blood samples will be tested during the Vancouver Olympics as part of a $16.4 million effort to catch drug cheats.

A state-of-the-art doping lab for the Feb. 12-28 Games was unveiled at the Olympic speedskating oval in Richmond, British Columbia.