Fever ties series

Shenise Johnson scored 15 points and Marissa Coleman had 14 to help the host Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx, 75-69, forcing a decisive Game 5 in the WNBA Finals.

Indiana is 5-0 in elimination games this postseason and 9-2 since the 2012 playoffs when it beat Minnesota for its lone title. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Minnesota.

Jessica Korda won the LPGA Malaysia for her fourth tour title, closing with a six-under-par 65 in sweltering conditions for a fourstroke victory in Kuala Lumpur. After winning twice last season, the 22-year-old American entered the week with only one top-10 finish this year, a tie for second in January in Florida in the season-opening event.

She made five birdies in a seven-hole stretch that ended on the 10th, dropped a stroke on the par-four 11th and sealed it with birdies on the par-three 15th and 17th. Second-ranked Lydia Ko, No. 3 Stacy Lewis and 2014 winner Shanshan Feng tied for second.

Tom Lehman had an eagle and three birdies in the final four holes to win the Champions Tour’s SAS Championship in Cary, N.C. Lehman birdied the parfour 15th and 16th, eagled the par-five 17th and birdied the par-four 18th for a sevenunder 65 and a one-stroke victory over Joe Durant.

Lehman finished at 12under 204 at Prestonwood Country Club and earned $315,000 for his ninth victory on the 50-and-over tour.

Lewis Hamilton took a huge step toward retaining his Formula One title by winning the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi as his main rival Nico Rosberg failed to finish.

Hamilton can now win his third career title at the next race in Texas, while his Mercedes team retained the constructors’ title after a season in which the silver cars have dominated almost every race.

Hamilton started second behind Rosberg but took over the lead when his Mercedes teammate experienced a throttle problem that forced him to slow to a crawl and then come into the pits to retire.

Hamilton then cruised to victory by 5.9 seconds over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, with Sergio Perez third for Force India, 23 seconds further behind.

It was Hamilton’s ninth victory of the season and the 12th for Mercedes. With four races to go, Hamilton leads Vettel by 66 points and Rosberg by 73.