Basketball-League MVP Delle Donne to start WNBA Finals game three

League most valuable player Elena Delle Donne will start for the Washington Mystics in Sunday's game three of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) finals against the Connecticut Sun, the team announced. Forward Delle Donne scored a team-high 22 points in game one but left game two with back spasms and was later diagnosed with a herniated disc.

The Mystics, who have never won a league title and came into this series as heavy favourites, had listed Delle Donne as "questionable" before announcing their line-up on Sunday. The best-of-five series is tied at 1-1.