Two-time Olympian hired to coach with UNLV track

Dorian Scott was named coach of UNLV’S women’s track and field and cross country programs. A two-time Olympian and 10-time national Jamaican shot put champion, Scott spent the past nine years as Florida State’s director of field events and throws coach. Scott previously was an All-america athlete with the Seminoles.

■ Cycling: At Saint-lary-soulan Col du Portet, France, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar notched his first stage win since claiming the yellow jersey in the eighth stage, pacing the 110.9-mile 17th stage that started in Muret. Pogacar, 22, the reigning champion, stretched his overall edge to 5 minutes, 39 seconds.

■ Horse racing: A New York federal judge nullified trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension, finding the New York Racing Association acted unconstitutionally by failing to let him adequately respond to claims made against him after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test.

■ Golf: At Midland, Mich., Nelly and Jessica Korda teamed to shoot 5-underpar 65 in alternate shot play for a share of the LPGA Tour’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational first-round lead with defending champions Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura and two other teams.

■ Soccer: Free-agent forward Lionel Messi agreed to a five-year contract to stay with Barcelona at a significant wage reduction from his previous four-year, $594 million deal, ESPN reported. The 34-year-old has a club-record 672 goals in a club-record 778 matches.

■ MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers righthander Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave was extended to July 27, past a scheduled July 23 hearing for a domestic violence restraining order filed by a woman in L.A. County Superior Court.