Fourty-four French riot and para-military police officers were injured when clashes broke out after a football match between Marseille and Bastia, the interior ministry said Sunday.

Former NASCAR racing champion Tony Stewart is being investigated by police after an incident on the race track at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night, the U.S. media reported.

Serena and Venus Williams will clash in the semi-finals of the Montreal WTA tournament after the American sisters battled through tough three-setters in the quarter-finals on Friday.

World number one Serena outlasted Caroline Wozniacki to clinch a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory, while Venus also came from a set down to end the run of Spanish 14th seed Carla Suarez Navarro, the third round conqueror of Maria Sharapova, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Olympic great Michael Phelps settled for silver in the 100m butterfly at the U.S. Swimming Championships on Friday, falling by one one-hundredth of a second to Tom Shields.

Hours after throwing down the fastest time in the world this year of 51.17sec in qualifying, Phelps let the tension of the final -- and the pressure of trying to qualify for the Pan Pacific Championships -- get to him just a little.

Hearts start their quest to return to the Scottish Premiership on Sunday, but a poignant anniversary will cast a long shadow over the Tynecastle team's day.

The Edinburgh-based outfit, who face promotion rivals Rangers at Ibrox this weekend, are desperate for a successful campaign after being relegated to the Scottish second tier following an acrimonious season that almost saw the club go bankrupt.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has warned Joe Hart he has no room for error if he wants to remain the team's first-choice goalkeeper.

Hart suffered a dip in form last season which saw him replaced in goal for a month by Costel Pantilimon before the England international re-established himself as Pellegrini's regular number one.

Vindicated by their FA Cup triumph, Arsenal approach Sunday's Community Shield face-off with Manchester City buoyed by the belief that they are now credible challengers for the Premier League title.

May's 3-2 win over Hull City ended a long and painful nine-year trophy drought for the North London club, and as they return to Wembley Stadium, Arsenal are setting their sights on even bigger prizes.

Roger Federer marked his 33rd birthday by beating David Ferrer for the 15th straight time to reach the semi-finals of the ATP Tour's Toronto Masters tournament on Friday.

A sellout crowd sang Happy Birthday to the second seed early in the second set, and cheered post-match as the 17-time grand slam winner was presented with an oversized chocolate cake to mark the occasion.

Manuel Pellegrini has claimed Manchester City have done nothing wrong with the loan signing of Frank Lampard despite criticism from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger that it was ploy used to get around UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules

Lampard left Chelsea in June after his contract at Stamford Bridge expired and the following month joined Major League Soccer club New York City FC, who are City’s sister club in the United States.

Germany, in a quirky twist of fate, face Argentina in a friendly on September 3 less than two months after seeing off the South Americans to be crowned world champions in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana.

Joachim Loew's world beaters meet Argentina in Dusseldorf in a Euro 2016 qualifier warm-up arranged back in March.