WNBA West All-Stars win
Maya Moore scored a record 30 points to lead the Western Conference to a 117-112 victory over the East in the WNBA All-Star game at Uncasville, Conn. Moore, who played college basketball at Connecticut, surpassed Shoni Schimmel’s 29 points in last year’s overtime game.
Sparks center Jantel Lavender had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the West, and L.A.’s Nneka Ogwumike had 10 points and eight rebounds. Indiana’s Tamika Catchings, who plans to retire after next season, had eight points and 10 rebounds in her record 10th and probably final All-Star game.
Oklahoma Coach Sherri Coale headlines the women’s basketball Hall of Fame class of 2016. Also to be inducted are former Missouri State guard Jackie Stiles, Olympic gold medalist Natalie Williams, longtime official June Courteau, Texas girls’ high school coach Joe Lombard and the late Bill Tipps, an AAU girls’ basketball official.
Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Damond Powell Jr. was wounded by gunfire outside his Ohio home and remained hospitalized, Toledo police said. The University of Toledo Medical Center did not provide information about his condition, but police had said the 22-year-old’s injuries did not appear life-threatening. . . . The Pittsburgh Steelers and General Manager Kevin Colbert agreed to a contract extension through the 2018 NFL draft.
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton earned the pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. He’ll start at the front for the ninth time in 10 races this year, and 47th in his career. Michael Schumacher holds the F1 record with 68 poles.
The United States men’s volleyball team clinched its first FIVB World Grand Prix Finals championship since 2012 by defeating two-time defending champion Brazil, 25-16, 25-22, 25-21, at Omaha. The top-ranked U.S. wrapped up its sixth Grand Prix title with one day to go in the five-day event.
Former UCLA gymnast Simone Biles, the reigning world champion, successfully defended her allaround title in the Secret U.S. Classic at Hoffman Estates, Ill. Gabby Douglas, the American allaround gold medalist in the London Olympics, finished second in her return to U.S. competition.
Wayne Rooney scored on a header in the eighth minute off Ashley Young’s corner kick, and Manchester United beat Barcelona, 3-1, in a soccer exhibition before 68,416 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
In tennis, Dominik Thiem upset top-seeded Gael Monfils, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1, and Joao Sousa beat second-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, in
the semifinals of the Croatia Open. . . . Lesia Tsurenko beat Kirsten Flipkens, 6-4, 6-2, and Usrzula Radwanska defeated Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-3, 4-6,
PR 6-3, to reach the final of the women’s Istanbul Cup. . . . Benoit Paire knocked out defending champion Pablo Cuevas, 6-4, 6-3, and Tommy Robredo beat Alexander Zverev, 6-3, 6-4, in semifinals of the men’s Swedish Open at Bastad. . . . Second-seeded Samantha Stosur beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 6-1, 7-5, at a women’s tournament at Bad Gastein, Austria. Rain washed out the second semifinal between top-seeded Sara Errani and Karin Knapp .... Bernard Tomic and Adrian Mannarino reached the final of a men’s tournament in Bogota, Colombia.
Haley Anderson of the U.S. defended her title in the five-kilometer open water race to claim the first medal of the FINA world swimming championships at Kazan, Russia. Chad Ho of South Africa won the men’s race.
Catch a Flight, ridden by Gary Stevens, won the $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar.