DOC Mention the renaming of check_estimator_sparse_data in 1.5 change…

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  `axis=0` and supports indexing polars Series.
  :pr:`28521` by :user:`Yao Xiao <Charlie-XIAO>`.
 
+- |API| :func:`utils.estimator_checks.check_estimator_sparse_data` was split into two
+ functions: :func:`utils.estimator_checks.check_estimator_sparse_matrix` and
+ :func:`utils.estimator_checks.check_estimator_sparse_array`.
+ :pr:`27576` by :user:`Stefanie Senger <StefanieSenger>`.
+
 .. rubric:: Code and documentation contributors
 
 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the maintenance and improvement of