World number two Maria Sharapova has pulled out of next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto after suffering a right leg strain, tournament chiefs confirmed on Friday.

The Russian right-hander's withdrawal was announced on the tournament's Twitter feed, which added that Romania's Simona Halep had now been elevated to second seed.

A second half goal from Brazilian winger Lucas Moura gave ten-man Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win, their first in a Ligue 1 opener since their new Qatari owners took over in 2011, at Lille on Friday.

The three-time Ligue 1 champions were a player down after half an hour after midfielder Adrien Rabiot was given his marching orders for two yellow cards in the space of five minutes.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his team to get off to a strong start this season to maintain a title push.

The Gunners host West Ham United on Sunday in their opening Premier League fixture with the Community Shield already in their trophy cabinet following last weekend's 1-0 win over Chelsea.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has signed a new two-year contract on the eve of a Premier League season that was expected to be the Chilean's last with the club.

Pellegrini, 61, was going into the last year of his original three-year agreement, with speculation rife that City were planning to replace him with Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola next summer.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will not play goalkeeper David De Gea in the opening English Premier League game against Tottenham on Saturday.

De Gea has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid.

Alzain Tareq led the parade of swimmers to the starting blocks for the first heat of the 50-meter butterfly at the world championships.

Carrying a white towel, the 10-year-old girl from Bahrain was dwarfed by the taller and much older girls in her heat. A buzz quickly built among spectators in the stands at Kazan Arena, startled at the sight of the tiny figure on the blocks.

Divided politically and geographically, Palestinians made strides toward unity with the first football match between a West Bank club and a Gaza Strip team in 15 years on Thursday.

Gaza's Shijaiyah United played Hebron's Al-Ahly to raucous cheers in a packed stadium. The match ended 0-0.

While Argentina may have expected to be in this position, South Africa didn't.

Both go searching for a desperately needed first win in the Rugby Championship when they meet on Saturday, knowing the Rugby World Cup is just around the corner and three straight losses will be pretty tough to get over, especially for the South Africans.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. began promoting his final fight by doing what he does best.

Fending off every attack with defense that looks effortless.

The Italian tennis federation has banned Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace for life for match-fixing.

The federation performed its own investigation after a probe by judicial authorities in Cremona that used intercepted phone and internet conversations to show the players fixed matches.