Sparks acquire star Ogwumike’s sister
The Sparks acquired forward
Chiney Ogwumike, the sister of the team’s star forward, from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for their 2020 first-round pick in a trade announced Saturday.
Ogwumike, 6 feet 4, averaged 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds last season with the Sun after recovering from injuries that sidelined her the previous season.
She will provide depth on the Sparks front line, which includes
Nneka Ogwumike, the WNBA’s 2016 most valuable player. — Blake Richardson
The school said Arnold had health issues for more than 30 years.
Arnold played for Iowa from 1979 to 1982, leading the Hawkeyes to their last Final Four appearance, in 1980.
Messi’s goal lifts Barcelona to title
Lionel Messi scored in the 62nd minute to help host Barcelona clinch the Spanish league title with a 1-0 victory over Levante.
Messi’s league-leading 34th goal was his 46th in all competitions this season.
Barcelona is nine points ahead of second-place Atletico Madrid with game remaining. Barcelona holds the tiebreaker with Atletico on head-to-head goals.
It was the second consecutive league championship for Barcelona and eighth in the last 11 years.
Rennes won the French Cup after beating Paris Saint-Germain in a penalty shootout, rallying from a 2-0 deficit midway through the first half to force extra time and penalties in Paris.
The first five players from each team scored on their penalty shots, but after forward Ismaila Sarr made it 6-5 for Rennes, Christopher Nkunku skied his shot, ending Paris Saint-Germain’s bid for a fifth consecutive Cup victory.
For the second week in a row, Rafael Nadal of Spain lost in the semifinals of a clay-court tournament.
Nadal was defeated 6-4, 6-4 by Dominic Thiem of Austria in the Barcelona Open.
Thiem will play in the final against Daniil Medvedev of Russia, who upset fourth-seeded Kei
Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Top-ranked Naomi Osaka of Japan withdrew from the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals in Stuttgart, Germany, because of an abdominal injury.
Osaka said she began to feel the injury before her quarterfinal Friday, when she rallied to beat Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Her opponent, No. 8-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, received a walkover into her fifth WTA final. Kontaveit will take on Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1 winner over Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands. Former champions Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy fought to a split decision draw in their WBA lightweight title fight in Las Vegas.
Middleweight Jack Hermansson beat Jacare Souza by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Ft. Lauderdale. ... Champion Rory MacDonald advanced in the welterweight grand prix with a majority draw against
Jon Fitch at Bellator 220.