Diggins- Smith fuels Mercury
Skylar Diggins- Smith scored 13 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter and Diana Taurasi had 23 points and 12 rebounds as the Phoenix Mercury ( 9- 7) held off the Minnesota Lynx ( 105) for a 83- 79 WNBA win in Bradenton, Fla.
Diggins- Smith made all of her 11 free- throw attempts, including four in the final 13 seconds.
Brianna Turner scored 10 points on 5- of- 5 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds for Phoenix.
More basketball
DeWanna Bonner had 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun ( 7- 9) beat the Washington Mystics ( 4- 11), 76- 63. … Arike Ogunbowale made 5 of 7 from 3- point range and finished with 28 points as Dallas ( 6- 10) beat the Indiana Fever ( 5- 10), 82- 78.
Colleges
Ohio State defensive tackle Haskell Garrett was wounded in a weekend shooting in Columbus, police said. Officers found him with a “through- andthrough” gunshot wound to the cheeks. He was taken to Ohio State University Hospital in stable condition.
Soccer
Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will sell his soccer teams in the wake of reports that he made racist comments the MLS said. Hansen’s Utah Soccer Holdings include his MLS club, the Utah Royals of the National Women’s Soccer League and the United Soccer League’s Real Monarchs.
• Anibal Godoy scored the game winner at the 53 minute mark for Nashville SC in their 1- 0 victory against Inter Miami CF in
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• Lyon extended its European dominance by beating Wolfsburg, 3- 1, to win its fifth consecutive women’s Champions League title in San Sebastian, Spain.
Auto racing
Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season in Madison, Ill., holding off rookie Pato O’Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under the yellow flag.
• Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish at the Belgian Grand Prix in SpaFrancorchamps to clinch his 89th career win and move two behind Michael Schumacher’s Formula One record.
Golf
Austin Ernst rallied to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark., for her second LPGA Tour title, closing with an 8- under 63 for a twostroke victory.
Cycling
Racing across the finish line at the Tour de France in Nice, Julian Alaphilippe raised his finger to the sky dedicating his win on Stage 2 to his father who died in June .“I promised myself that I’d win for him,” the French rider said.