National Sports

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hideki Matsuyama never looks satisfied with his shots or his score, no matter how good they look. Perhaps it will take winning a major to change that.

Toronto's Russell Martin left Friday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second inning with a left oblique strain.

SEATTLE — In the middle of the wild-card race in the American League, the Seattle Mariners will likely be without left-handed ace James Paxton for at least three weeks because of a pectoral strain.

LONDON — It was 48 hours that Damian Warner should have spent taking care of his body and mind ahead of his gold-medal chase.

LONDON — Olivier Giroud completed an exhilarating comeback as Arsenal beat Leicester 4-3 on Friday to ensure Arsene Wenger's side opened the English Premier League with a victory for only the second time in eight seasons.

MONTREAL — Denis Shapovalov's coach wasn't surprised that the teenager was able to keep his head while upsetting a tennis legend on centre court at the Rogers Cup.

DALLAS — The NFL suspended star Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for six games Friday, concluding after a yearlong investigation that the league's leading rusher injured his former girlfriend in three separate incidents last summer.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Serron Noel scored the winning goal with just under 12 minutes left in regulation as Canada defeated Sweden 4-1 in semifinal action Friday at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup under-18 hockey tournament.

LONDON — Escalating tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program have caused security challenges posed to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to be assessed at an upcoming IOC meeting.

Before every season, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson maps out how many roads wins he believes his team will need to make the playoffs.