Russia is cleared to do drug tests

The World Anti-Doping Agency has partly restored drug-testing duties to the Russian anti-doping agency.

RUSADA was suspended in 2015 when its staff was accused of helping to cover up drug use, but will now have wide-ranging authority over testing.

After intense negotiations and sweeping personnel changes at the Russian agency, WADA said it has allowed RUSADA to “plan and coordinate” drug testing under the supervision of British agency UKAD, which has overseen testing in Russia during the national anti-doping body’s suspension. Tennis: Andy Murray has withdrawn from an exhibition match in London because of a sore hip, less than a week before the start of Wimbledon. Cycling: Andre Cardoso of Portugal, one of Alberto Contador’s key support riders, has failed a doping test and been suspended from the TrekSegafredo team four days before he was slated to start the Tour de France. Basketball: Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points, Kristi Toliver made three of host Washington’s 10 three-pointers, and the Mystics beat the Seattle Storm 100-70 . ... Nneka Ogwumike scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the host Connecticut Sun 87-79 for their six straight win. Obituary: The New York Mets said former pitcher Anthony Young has died at age 51. Young set a major-league record with 27 straight losses in the early 1990s. He told former teammates this spring that he had a brain tumor.