Saniya Rivers drove to the basket and had her shot blocked by Lynx forward Nia Coffey, before awkwardly landing on her left foot and rolling her ankle hard enough to pop off her shoe.

Leila Lacan totaled 15 points, six rebounds and six assists, but the Connecticut Sun were unable to hold on to a second-half lead in an 86-80 loss to the Minnesota Lynx at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday.

The Lynx spent the first half of the WNBA season waiting for forwards Napheesa Collier and Dorka Juhász to return to game action, but they still rose to the top of the WNBA standings. Then, the team faced an unexpected injury absence in Monday night’s 90-89 loss to the Connecticut Sun.

The Minnesota Lynx could be without rookie Olivia Miles once again Wednesday night against the Connecticut Sun. Miles was listed as doubtful on Wednesday's injury report with a calf injury. Miles missed Monday's game against the Sun because of the injury,

Minnesota Lynx's Cheryl Reeve became the WNBA's all-time winningest coach Wednesday, earning her 380th victory and surpassing close friend and colleague Mike Thibault.

Plans to reintroduce lynx to some northern parts of England have been opposed by councillors. Northumberland County Council has backed a motion that it would not support any application to release the big cats into the wild, although a final decision rests with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).