The Houston Rockets believe officiating in last season's Western Conference finals cost them an NBA championship, and in a report since sent to the league, tabulated the net result of 81 potential missed calls and non-calls in Game 7 of that series between Houston and the Golden State Warriors, according to the report and an accompanying memo, both of which have been obtained by ESPN.

"Referees likely changed the eventual NBA champion," says the memo, addressed to Byron Spruell, the NBA's president of league operations. "There can be no worse result for the NBA."

The Rockets never actually sent the memo to Spruell, because they ended up communicating its messages -- including that they believe officiating cost them the 2018 title -- during in-person meetings with league officials, according to multiple league sources.

They did present the league with their analysis of Game 7. As first detailed by The Athletic after Golden State's controversial Game 1 win in the conference semifinals Sunday night, the Rockets' analysis uses the NBA's own official interpretation of the officiating in that Game 7.

The full report obtained by ESPN lists 81 total calls, non-calls and violations. It concludes that those 81 instances cost Houston a total of 18.6 points in that game.

In its own reports, the league does not attach point values to missed calls and non-calls.

"As we told the Rockets, we do not agree with their methodology," Mike Bass, an NBA spokesman, told ESPN on Monday.

The league provided Houston with what is essentially a full-game version for Game 7 of the last-two-minute report it releases after close games. The report lists incorrect calls; fouls and violations that should have been called but weren't; fouls and violations that would only have been visible, according to the league, with enhanced video review; and uncalled "potential infractions" where the league cannot come to a definitive conclusion on whether a foul was merited.

The Rockets appear to have incorporated all such instances in the report, including those that benefited the Warriors. For instance: with about 6:10 remaining in the first quarter, Stephen Curry drove on the right side of the floor. Gerald Green, the Rocket defending Curry, placed his right arm on Curry's hip as Curry rose for a layup. There was no call. The NBA flagged it as a "potential infraction" -- inconclusive, according to Houston's analysis. The Rockets counted that as a mistake that cost the Warriors 1.8 points -- a figure that appears to have been derived from Curry's career free throw percentage.

Similarly, the Houston report flagged an uncalled foul on a James Harden missed layup, but the Rockets retained control of the ball and scored; Houston in its analysis counted that as a net benefit to themselves of 0.3 points -- the difference between the actual basket they scored and the expected value of two Harden free throws.

The Rockets attached such point values in every instance in their own analysis. With about 10:40 left in the third quarter, Eric Gordon lost the ball when he dribbled it off Curry's foot. In the game, it was a live-ball turnover. The league deemed it a "potential infraction" kicked ball on Curry, according to Houston's analysis -- meaning it might have been a kick, but there is no way to tell conclusively. The Rockets counted that as 1.1 points lost, using what appears to have been an estimate of their average half-court points per possession, according to league sources. (They used that 1.1 figure for all such plays that ended Houston possessions.)

Another: With about 5:05 remaining in the third quarter, Trevor Ariza attempted a runner from just outside the restricted area and made contact with Curry, who tried to draw a charge. No call was made. The league's report flagged that as another inconclusive "potential infraction," according to Houston's analysis. Houston counted it as 1.7 lost points -- again using Ariza's free throw percentage.

With about 8:55 left in the third quarter, Kevon Looney rebounded a Klay Thompson missed 3-pointer. As Looney went up for a putback, Gordon made some contact with him that went uncalled. Looney missed. Looney jumped to try to tip the ball in, and Harden leaped to block Looney's shot -- making some contact with Looney's arm and upper body. Again, no call was made. The loose ball ricocheted to Curry, who passed it to Kevin Durant for an open 3-pointer which went in.

The league cited Harden's attempted block as a potential infraction -- a possible foul, but one the league could not say conclusively was a foul even upon review, according to Houston's analysis. Houston concluded that the non-call cost them two points. Had the officials called the foul on Harden, Looney would have gone to the line for two shots. He is a 61 percent career free throw shooter; Houston attached an expected value of one point to a Looney two-shot trip to the line. But the foul was not called, and Durant hit a 3-pointer -- two more points than the Warriors would have been expected to score, under Houston's accounting, had the officials whistled Harden.

Houston found the biggest negative impact on "landing spot" fouls on Harden 3-pointers -- the same calls that caused an eruption of controversy after Sunday's Game 1, when Harden went to the floor on several attempted 3-pointers. Some of those appear to have been uncalled fouls, according to this description Sunday night from Joe Borgia, the NBA's senior vice president for replay and referee operations. But Borgia said Sunday referees were correct in not calling a "landing spot" foul on Draymond Green's challenge of Harden's potential game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds; Harden jackknifed his legs forward, Borgia said, invading space to which Green was entitled. (The last two-minute report, released Monday afternoon, confirmed Borgia's analysis.)

The report from last year's Game 7 cites uncalled "landing spot" fouls, including a missed Harden 3-pointer with about 3:40 left in the second quarter on which Jordan Bell leaped into Harden's landing space. The referees did not call a foul, but the league subsequently concluded they should have, the Houston report says. (The league indeed deemed that a foul on Bell, sources say.)

In their memo -- which, again, the Rockets did not end up sending because they communicated its message in person instead -- Houston recommended adding a fourth on-court referee, and that the league make full-game officiating reports available to every team for every game. They also claim a trip to the Finals would have netted at least $20 million in additional revenue.

The Rockets also argue in their memo that veteran officials "exhibit the most bias against our players."

"The reason we are in this situation," the memo says, "is the efforts made to improve the referees have been too slow, not extensive enough, and have been held back by entrenched referees who are resisting reform." The Rockets recommended that referee assignments in the postseason should be determined "exclusively" by call accuracy without regard to experience level.

JOEL EMBIID DOESN'T want to talk to anyone.

It is a dank, gray Friday morning, hours after the Philadelphia 76ers' Game 3 road win over the nettlesome Brooklyn Nets, secured without the services of their masterful big man. Basking in the glow of victory and buoyed by the result, the Sixers bound into Pier 36's Basketball City in New York City, exchanging guffaws and glances and cheerful taunts. Normally, Embiid would plunk himself into the eye of this good-natured storm, goading his teammates with his biting wit -- "he never stops," Jimmy Butler reports.

But there is no Joel Embiid revelry on this day. The dynamic, barb-slinging, wise-cracking poster boy of The Process is silent. In his place stands a perturbed 25-year-old 7-footer who has reported for work in noticeable pain.

The tendinitis in his left knee that forced him to miss 14 of the final 24 games of the regular season has flared; it's the same knee that cost him the final 37 games of his rookie season in 2016-17 and has left Philadelphia in precarious (and terrifying) limbo. Embiid has done everything the Sixers have asked, but it's a fickle ailment that indiscriminately waxes and wanes.

A member of the team's training staff attempts to engage the big fella, trailing as Embiid traverses the court.

"Stop f---ing following me!" Embiid barks.

He retreats from the cameras and the notebooks and the recorders, but it doesn't stop them from noting the obvious. The Sixers were 43-21 in the regular season with Embiid and 8-10 without him. Philly may be able to vault past a scrappy, inexperienced Nets team, but nobody gives the Sixers a chance beyond that unless their "crown jewel" can play -- and excel. Embiid knows this, and he departs Basketball City ornery and irritated.

"I was in a very bad mood that day," Embiid will admit a day and a half later. "I never know how I'm going to feel. It's so frustrating to come into warm-ups not knowing whether you are playing or not. I hate it. It's not good for any of us. But that's my job, that's what they pay me to do, so I have to figure out a way to be ready."

For now, on Friday in Basketball City, Brett Brown's head is lowered as he furiously types game plans into his laptop. So he misses Embiid's outburst. But no matter. Brown says he understands the frustration but will not be deterred by it.

"It's always about the end game," the coach says. "I'm constantly trying to determine what are the ripple effects of Jo being so competitive and so emotional that he's going to force-feed something that he just shouldn't do.

"I'm not participating in that. I'll have nothing to do with it. He's going to end up -- or has a chance to end up -- as one of the greatest players who ever lived. It's completely driven by his health. He's very bright, very prideful. But his emotions can't trump reckless, irresponsible action either by him or us to go do something he shouldn't."

As Brown punctuates that last sentence, Embiid picks up a basketball and begins lofting 3-pointers. All eyes are on him, so intent on deciphering a flinch or a grimace that some fail to observe that Joel Embiid is wearing ... slippers?

To the uninformed, it appears to be another act of irreverence, but then Brown sets a reporter straight. Shooting in flat shoes is something Embiid adopted during his time in Doha, Qatar, where he twice rehabbed from navicular foot surgery. There, in a hideaway desert called Aspetar, he learned of the famed Tarahumara Indians, a tribe of fleet-footed runners who ran long distances in huaraches, makeshift sandals often procured from junkyard remnants.

A 2014 study suggests that as a result of those flat huaraches, the Raramuri runners had higher and stiffer arches, possibly leading to fewer injuries. Thus, Embiid subscribes to the notion that flat shoes are good, slippers included.

"Crazy stuff, I know," Brown says. "The first time I heard of it three years ago, I was like, 'What? Are you serious?' But then I was enlightened by modern science."

Who knows whether it's the slippers, or the round-the-clock care of the Sixers' medical staff, but 24 hours later, Embiid is warming up at Barclays Center, hoisting those 3-pointers, his status murky for Game 4 right up until tipoff. This time, he's testing his pain tolerance wearing his signature sneakers, although it should be noted they are untied.

Embiid ultimately declares himself fit for duty. That night he plays 11 tentative, yet productive, minutes in the first half. Then, in the second half, he blocks a Jarrett Allen foray to the basket, but goes across the body to accomplish this and Allen crashes to the floor. Jared Dudley charges in from the top of the key and shoves Embiid, who immediately raises his hands in mock surrender. ("I'm not falling for that," he later gleefully says.)

After the melee, Embiid roars to life. He and Ben Simmons conduct a clinic in the final minutes of a 112-108 win, and Embiid waltzes off with 32 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 blocks and a renewed verve. "Dudley is a nobody," he says triumphantly in his postgame TNT interview.

The laughter and the swagger are back, but for how long? If only people knew the lengths that Embiid has gone to play in these games. The care of his knee has become a 24-hour proposition, occupying his mind and his spirit. On the Saturday after the Game 4 win, Embiid tells ESPN that he undergoes six treatments a day, setting his alarm for 5 a.m. so he won't miss a session. "Normally, sleep helps me a lot," Embiid says, "but right now sleep is secondary. I've got to take care of my body. I'll sleep later."

The knee, he says, is feeling better every day. (He will, in fact, log 20 minutes in a series-clinching Game 5 win over the Nets during which he submits 23 points and eight rebounds.) But there's no time for that knee to be completely right, not with the Sixers already trailing 1-0 in their second-round series against the Toronto Raptors.

Philly's star vowed to log more minutes and fight through the pain, but it's entirely possible Embiid will be a game-time decision every night for the rest of the postseason.

"Welcome," Brown says, "to our basketball life."

PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T notice how unassuming Joel Embiid was in the final months of the regular season. It was by design, but that calculated strategy was disrupted in the playoffs when, sitting on the bench in the final moments of a Game 1 loss to Brooklyn, he was spotted glancing at his friend Amir Johnson's cellphone. Courtside cellphones are heresy, and the optics in the wake of a disconcerting defeat were horrible.

In Game 2, Embiid made an aggressive move to the basket and caught the Nets' Allen with a vicious elbow to the chops. His seemingly genuine apology from the podium went awry when Ben Simmons, surprised by Embiid's humble mea culpa, began snickering, leaving Embiid tumbling into his own fit of laughter, which immediately was misconstrued by the Nets as a sign of disrespect.

A cascade of criticism followed. This surprised no one, least of all Embiid.

The weight of the franchise has been placed squarely on his broad Cameroonian shoulders, a responsibility he craves and accepts. Managing partner Josh Harris expressed in March that he expects Philadelphia to advance beyond last year's second-round exit -- at a minimum. Hanging in the balance is the future of his coach, and possibly Butler and Tobias Harris, both free agents in July, who will likely seek lucrative paydays. A playoff exit at the hands of the Raptors would muddy the waters for everyone involved.

"The heat," Butler acknowledges, "is on."

With Embiid on the court, according to ESPN Stats & Information tracking, the Sixers posted an offensive efficiency rating of 111.3. Without him, that number dipped to 105.9. The team's defensive efficiency was a sparkling 103.3 with Embiid manning the middle, but dropped to 109.1 when he wasn't on the floor. Similarly, opponents' field goal percentage jumped from 43.9 percent to 47.5 percent while Embiid sat.

The big man embraces his role as the indispensable Sixers component. "I want people to think of me as the most unstoppable player in the game," he says.

With that comes scrutiny, much of it self-induced. Embiid thrives when he's uninhibited, poking fun and declaring his supremacy. If it plants a bull's-eye on his No. 21 jersey, then so be it.

"You're preaching to the choir," Butler says. "You get to a certain point in this league when they come after you if you do something wrong. And even if you do it right, it's still wrong. Anything I do or say is blown out of proportion. Same with Joel.

"I love it. And he does, too."

MAKE NO MISTAKE, Embiid's stream-of-consciousness musings have caused their share of consternation. There were his comments after the trade that landed Butler, when Embiid lamented that he was being used as "spacer." Then, after a Christmas Day loss to the Celtics, Embiid said he "felt I could have done more, but the ball didn't find me."

Veteran JJ Redick, who lauds Embiid as "absolutely one of my closest friends on the team," approached him after both sets of quotes.

"The perception of what you said makes it seem from the outside like there's dysfunction, like there's a disconnect between you and your teammates, and there's a disconnect between you and Brett," Redick said he informed Embiid. "Now, that isn't true, but it could be interpreted that way."

Embiid, Redick recalls, nodded in agreement.

"You're a top-five talent," Redick continued. "You can do and say whatever the f--- you want, but should you? You and Ben [Simmons] want to be the face of the franchise -- and there's obviously some leeway you get because of that. But you also have a responsibility to your teammates and your coaches to accept leadership in a mature way."

The message, Redick claims, was processed and heeded by both Embiid and Simmons. "There's been a lot of personal growth here," Redick says.

Before the Game 4 scuffle that got Dudley ejected for ramming Embiid, Brooklyn's omnipresent provocateur had marveled at Embiid's basketball IQ and his footwork. He also noted Embiid's social media presence and outsized personality and wondered aloud where all that will ultimately lead.

"Joel likes attention. He likes to troll guys," Dudley said. "We get it. It's OK early on, but there will come a point in the next year or two, where now he's a four- or five-time All-Star, where he's got to shape his persona. When you're big, you want to try and sell yourself, market yourself. He's funny on social media and he has the game to back it up. But he has to be careful of when to do it and how he does it. That's the whole thing.

"Because now you have championship aspirations. Everyone is watching. Dwight Howard was similar. He was a big guy, a big personality, but his goofing around eventually turned people [against him]. There will come a point when [Embiid's] teammates will leave the Sixers. How they talk about him after they are gone, how they view him, that will tell us a lot. But, as long as [Embiid] works his butt off, treats his teammates right, shows them the respect, the sky's the limit."

Still, the challenge to keep their franchise cornerstone on the floor remains. Embiid not only missed games to calm the knee tendinitis, he also sat out of practice and conditioning sessions. Brown insists Embiid loses weight easily, but the flip side of that is the pounds also tend to pile up quickly without a balance of exercise and diet.

"It's a vicious cycle," Brown admits. "He's battling with, 'How do I get into shape when I'm hurt? How can I lose weight when I can't practice?' His level of maturity and professionalism in handling that has risen in a very visible, defined way."

When he's healthy and training regularly, Embiid says he devours steak, chicken and spicy foods. He also has been known to down three of his beloved Shirley Temples in one sitting. Since his knee began barking, he has cut out nearly all sugars from his diet. It has been weeks since he's had a full glass of his sugary signature alcohol-free cocktail. ("I just take a couple of sips to get me through," he says.)

"Right now, I'm eating mostly soft foods -- salmon, salads, all that stuff," Embiid says. "I have to. I feel like if I can be healthy, I can be up there with the best."

If I can be healthy. It is the perpetual caveat that has been trailing his career. Perhaps, offers Philadelphia's trusted assistant coach Monty Williams, Embiid needs to reframe his thinking. Two years ago, he couldn't play at all. This past season, he logged 64 games. Maybe, Williams surmises, Embiid should concentrate on what he can do as opposed to what he can't.

"But when you've had the most delicious birthday cake in the world, you don't want a vegan gluten-free substitute," Redick says. "Joel's had a taste [of elite success]. That's what he wants."

It's what he lives for. When Embiid first ventured into the NBA, he told a reporter that he fully expected the same people who had built him up to dizzying heights would play a part in tearing him down if he ever faltered.

"Unless," he says now, "you win."

"Then what can anyone say?"

Robinson Cano expects to return to the New York Mets' lineup later this week after an MRI taken Monday on his injured left hand came back negative.

Cano was not in the Mets' starting lineup against the Cincinnati Reds one day after being hit on the hand by a pitch.

Initial X-rays came back negative, but Cano underwent further testing, including the MRI, on his hand earlier Monday.

The veteran second baseman told reporters that his hand was still swollen but that he expects to miss only one or two games.

Cano was hit by a fastball while attempting to check his swing in the first inning Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. The eight-time All-Star is batting .270 with three home runs in 26 games this season, his first with the Mets.

Jeff McNeil will start at second base and bat leadoff Monday against Reds starter Tanner Roark.

The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted power-hitting first-base prospect Nate Lowe from the minors.

The Rays announced Lowe's promotion Monday but have not yet announced a corresponding roster move.

The Tampa Bay Times reported that infielder Christian Arroyo will be optioned to Triple-A Durham to clear a spot for Lowe, 23.

A former 13th-round draft selection, Lowe emerged as one of Tampa Bay's best prospects last season, when he was named the Rays' minor league player of the year.

The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Lowe played 130 games across three levels in the minors last season, batting .330 with 27 home runs and 102 RBIs. He was batting .300 with three homers in 21 games this year at Durham.

The Rays designated right-hander Andrew Moore for assignment to create a roster spot for Lowe.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu underwent an MRI on Monday which revealed inflammation in his right knee, stemming from an original contusion suffered after fouling a pitch off his knee in Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants. He is listed as day-to-day.

LeMahieu was removed in the bottom of the third inning Sunday at San Francisco because of the inflammation. Infielder Gio Urshela left after he was hit on his left hand by a pitch in the fifth inning. The Yankees said after the game that X-rays on both players were negative.

Also Monday, Yankees shortstop Troy Tulowitzki went 1 for 4 with a home run and a walk in his first injury rehabilitation appearance, against the Detroit Tigers in an extended spring training game.

Tulowitzki struck out twice and flied out, and he played four innings in the field without getting a chance

"Everything is good," he said.

Tulowitzki is among 13 Yankees currently on the injured list. He has not played since April 3 because of a strained left calf.

New York opens a two-game series Tuesday at Arizona, the end of a nine-game trip. While the Yankees are 17-11, they will be facing a team that currently has a winning record for only the second series this season. New York was swept by Houston in three games from April 8-10.

Miguel Andujar, sidelined since tearing the labrum in his right shoulder on March 31, was 3 for 5. He lined two singles to center and had an infield single, making him 8 for 14 in three extended spring training games. The third baseman fielded two grounders and made strong, accurate throws to first on both.

Andujar and Tulowitzki are expected to play for Class A Tampa on Tuesday night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Results from the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, Simplyhealth Great Stirling Run, Hamburg Marathon and more

Our reports on the Virgin Money London Marathon can be found here, while other recent highlights are below.

UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, New York, April 28

Ethiopia’s 2015 world 5000m silver medallist Senbere Teferi won in a course record of 30:59 ahead of Kenya’s Monicah Ngige (31:52) and Ethiopia’s Buze Diriba (32:20).

Mathew Kimeli, who owns the event’s second-fastest ever mark with his runner-up run at the 2018 edition of the race (27:19), this time clocked 27:45 to win.

Ethiopia’s Girma Bekele Gerba placed second with a time of 28:07 and Kenya’s Edwin Kibichiy was third with a time of 28:21.

Simplyhealth Great Stirling Run, Scotland, April 28

The event incorporated the Scottish marathon championships for the second successive year and also included a half-marathon.

Michael Wright retained his men’s title in 2:29:32 ahead of Kevin Wood (2:30:53) and Donnie MacDonald (2:34:21).

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Jennifer Wetton won the women’s race in 2:56:06 to complete a Central AC double from Lesley Hansen (3:05:00) and Rhona Van Rensberg (3:10:00).

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The half-marathon titles were won by Matthew Sutherland (69:59) and Fiona Matheson (82:50).

Haspa Marathon Hamburg, Germany, April 28

Tadu Abatu and Dibabe Kuma claimed an Ethiopian double. Last year’s runner-up Abatu clocked 2:08:25, winning a sprint finish from his compatriot Ayele Abshero who was just one second behind.

Uganda’s 2012 Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich was third in 2:08:31.

Kuma clocked the sixth fastest time ever run in Hamburg of 2:24:41, despite wet and cold weather. Kenya’s Magdalyne Masai was second with 2:26:02 while Failuna Matanga of Tanzania finished third in 2:27:55.

Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon, Japan, April 28

Ruth Chepngetich won the women’s race in 66:06 for the fastest half-marathon ever recorded in Japan.

Her fellow Kenyans Joan Melly Chelimo (68:01) and Evaline Chirchir (68:07) were second and third.

It was a Kenyan top three in the men’s race too as Amos Kurgat won in 60:34 from Bedan Karoki (61:07) and  Abraham Kipyatich (61:30).

IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Bragança Paulista, Brazil, April 28

Britain’s Commonwealth champion Nick Miller threw 73.81m to win and also had two other throws beyond 73 metres.

Mid-Cheshire 5K, April 26

Richard Allen and Ciara Mageean won in respective times of 14:15 and 16:08.

BUCS Trials & Open, including BUCS 10,000m Championships, Loughborough, April 27

Petros Surafel won the men’s 10,000m in 29:26.58 from Jake Smith with 29:30.64 and Alex Teuten with 30:18.01.

Abbie Donnelly won the women’s race in 35:54.26 from Phoebe Law with 35:58.26 and Sophie Cowper with 36:17.46.

Amy Hunt ran a windy 11.41 (3.7m/s) for 100m and 23.09 (2.9m/s) for 200m.

Multistars, Italy, April 27-28

Czech Republic’s Jan Dolezal won the decathlon with a PB of 8117 points. Estonia’s Kristian Rosenberg (7950) was second and Germany’s Matthias Brugger (7927) third.

USA’s Annie Kunz won the heptathlon with 5971 points from 18-year-old Kate O’Connor who set an Irish record of 5881 points in second.

South African Championships, April 25-26

Olympic and world 800m champion Caster Semenya won the 1500m in 4:13.59 the day after winning the 5000m in 16:05.97 when racing the distance for only the second ever time.

Akani Simbine won the 200m in 20.27 (-0.2m/s).

World champion Luvo Manyonga won the long jump with 8.35m (+0.3m/s) from Rushwahl Samaai’s 8.21m (+1.3m/s) and Zarck Visser’s 8.01m (+0.4m/s).

Tom Jones Memorial, Gainesville, USA, April 27

In her first individual race of the season, Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran her second-fastest ever 400m, clocking 49.05.

Grant Holloway won the 110m hurdles in 13.25 (1.5m/s).

Christian Taylor leapt 17.13m (3.2m/s) off a shortened approach to win the triple jump.

LSU Invitational, Baton Rouge, USA, April 27

European champion Armand Duplantis cleared 5.94m to win the pole vault.

Britain’s Lucy Bryan cleared a 4.50m personal best in the women’s competition, while Jake Norris threw the hammer 70.06m.

Drake Relays, Des Moines, USA, April 25-27

World indoor pole vault champion Sandi Morris cleared 4.76m on her comeback after surgery to win ahead of Jenn Suhr with 4.66m. Chris Nilsen cleared 5.85m to win ahead of world champion Sam Kendricks.

Olympic champion Ryan Crouser won the shot put with a throw of 21.11m.

World record-holder Kendra Harrison claimed victory in the 100m hurdles in a wind-assisted 12.65 (3.3m/s). Daniel Roberts won the 110m hurdles from world and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, 13.28 (2.3m/s) to 13.29.

Penn Relays, Philadelphia, USA, April 25-27

Greg Thompson threw the discus 65.56m to move to fourth on the British all-time list and surpass the World Championships qualifying mark.

World number five Dominic Thiem won his first Barcelona Open title with a comfortable victory over Russia's Daniil Medvedev.

The Austrian, 25, was broken early on but then took 12 of the next 13 games to win 6-4 6-0 in one hour 13 minutes.

Thiem ended Rafael Nadal's hopes of a 12th title in the clay tournament in Saturday's semi-final, having lost to the Spaniard in the 2017 final.

"It's such an honour to win this tournament," said Thiem.

"Looking at all the names who have won it I'm very happy and proud that my name is also there now."

After going 3-0 down, Thiem used drop shots to continually trouble world number 14 Medvedev, who also required treatment on his right shoulder.

"I had some troubles at the beginning with the slice then it got better and that's the only thing you can do against him and I'm happy that I made it work," added Thiem.

Petra Kvitova has become the first player to win two WTA singles titles this year after beating Anett Kontaveit in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final.

The Czech, 29, won 6-3 7-6 (7-2) in one hour 31 minutes in Stuttgart on Sunday.

World number 15 Kontaveit reached the final after world number one Naomi Osaka withdrew from Saturday's semi-final because of an abdominal injury.

Prior to Kvitova's triumph, the 18 previous WTA Tour events this year had all been won by different players.

Estonian Kontaveit, 23, led 3-1 in the second set before world number three Kvitova responded to force a tie-break.

The two-time Wimbledon champion then dominated, lining up six match points and winning on the third to claim her maiden title at the clay tournament as she builds towards next month's French Open.

Kvitova won the Sydney International in January before being beaten in the Australian Open final by Osaka later that month. She also lost to Belinda Bencic in the Dubai Championships in February.