Brittney Griner scored a season-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Kennedy Burke added 16 points off the bench, including two 3-pointers in the final three minutes, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 90-89.
The Minnesota Aurora are headed west to the national semifinals of the USL W League on Saturday. That’s after the pre-professional soccer team earned a dramatic win over the holiday weekend.
The U.S. striker Folarin Balogun is expected to start against Belgium in a Round of 16 match after a surprise decision by FIFA to allow him to play despite receiving a red card last week.
Folarin Balogun’s one-game ban was surprisingly suspended by FIFA on Sunday, allowing the forward to play in the United States’ World Cup round of 16 game against Belgium on Monday.
Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World Cup round of 16 Saturday to make the country the first African nation to reach the quarterfinals more than once.
Ben Rice hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third inning after a rain delay and the New York Yankees ended a seven-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Breanna Stewart scored 36 points as the Liberty defeated the Lynx 99-86, delaying coach Cheryl Reeve's bid to become the WNBA's all-time regular-season wins leader.
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