Manning rejected feeler

The Miami Dolphins approached quarterback Peyton Manning about coming out of retirement last season after Dolphins starter Ryan Tannehill was injured, according to a newspaper report.

Manning’s father, Archie Manning — also a former NFL quarterback — told the New Orleans Times Picayune that Dolphins head coach Adam Gase reached out to Peyton Manning, and was rebuffed, after Tannehill’s knee injury with two weeks left in the season.

Archie Manning said Friday that he witnessed a text-message exchange between his son and Gase.

“He said, ‘Hey, 18, Tannehill went down,’ ” the elder Manning told the newspaper. Gase

“said, ‘I think he’s going to miss some time. The first question I’m going to get at the press conference in the morning is if I’m going to try to bring you to Miami. What do you want me to tell them?’

“The text message came back from Peyton, ‘You tell them I could probably come play, but there’s no way I can miss carpool the next two weeks.’ So, he was done.”

Tennis: Roger Federer defeated Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle,

Germany, for the 11th time. Federer will play Alexander Zverev, who rallied to beat Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Lucie Safarova in the Aegon Classic semifinals in Birmingham, England, to reach the first final since her playing hand was injured in a knife attack at her home. Safarova quit with a right thigh strain after only eight games. Kvitova was leading 6-1, 1-0. In the final, she will play Ashleigh Barty, who was impressive in containing former French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

WNBA: Stanford alum Nneka Ogwumike scored 21 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks had a 19-0 run in the third quarter in an 84-73 victory over the host Indiana Fever, putting a damper on Tamika Catchings’ jersey retirement. After the Fever raised Catchings’ No. 24 to the rafters at Bankers Life Fieldhouse at halftime, Los Angeles stretched a 46-40 lead to 25 points by scoring 19 straight points.