Toliver, Delle Donne lead Mystics to win in opener
Kristi Toliver (Maryland) hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points and Elena Delle Donne scored 13 with seven assists to help the host Washington Mystics beat the Indiana Fever, 82-75, on Sunday in the WNBA season opener for both teams. Delle Donne hit Toliver for a 3 to make the score 82-73 with 1:08 remaining. The Fever trailed by as many as 14 points early in the fourth quarter, but Candice Dupree made a jumper and then a runner in the lane 26 seconds later to pull the Fever within six with 1:25 to play. Monique Curry and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 11 points apiece for Washington. RUNNING: Patricia Walsh, 43, of Severn finished second among females at the 13.1-mile Marine Corps Historic Half in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1 hour, 32 minutes, 4seconds. ThomasPorter, 27, of Fredericksburg was the top overall finisher at 1:13:44, while Jillian Weisbeck, 21, also of Fredericksburg, was the top female finisher at 1:28:26. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: Zoltan Stieber, Darren Mattocks and Yamil Asad scored to help D.C. United (2-5-2) earn a 3-1 win over the host San Jose Earthquakes (2-6-3) on Saturday night. MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Johns Hopkins senior Justin Kang was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic South’s recipient of the Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award. — for his first senior major title, closing with a 2-under 70 for a three-stroke victory in Birmingham, Ala. Steve Stricker, Joe Durant and Gene Sauers tied for second. ... Ariya Jutanugarn birdied the second hole of a playoff to win the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va., for the second time in three years. Jutanugarn closed with a 5-under 66 to match Nasa Hataoka (67) and In Gee Chun (68) at 14-under 199.
Sweden capped its run through the world championship by edging Switzerland 3-2 in the final after a penalty shootout to successfully defend its title in Copenhagen, Denmark. Filip Forsberg scored the decisive goal in the shootout. The United States topped Canada 4-1 to claim the bronze medal.
Sporting Lisbon lost the Portuguese Cup final in Lisbon days after its players were assaulted by disgruntled fans. Sporting lost 2-1 to Aves, which finished 13th in the 18-team Portuguese league and had never won the cup. The result capped a tense week after a group of fans forced its way into Sporting’s training center Tuesday and assaulted players and staff. Police detained 21 suspects. “It was a very complicated week,” Sporting coach Jorge Jesus said. “It was like a horror movie.”
Rafael Nadal came out on top in a matchup of this year’s top two clay-court players, beating defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to win a record-extending eighth Italian Open title in Rome. The victory means Nadal will reclaim the No. 1 ranking from Roger Federer on Monday.