The Detroit Tigers' potent bats gave Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka a rude welcome in his return to Major League Baseball with the New York Mets on Friday.

Matsuzaka, who helped the Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series, gave up five runs on six hits with one walk through five innings in his first start for the Mets, who signed him on Thursday to bolster an injury-depleted pitching rotation.

North Korea expressed anger Saturday after Switzerland blocked a deal to supply key equipment for a ski resort which has been under construction as one of leader Kim Jong-Un's pet projects.

The Masik ski resort has been heavily promoted by the North's propaganda machine since Kim visited it in June.

Caroline Wozniacki beat American Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semifinals in New Haven for the sixth consecutive year.

The four-time champion is 23-1 at the Connecticut Tennis Center, with her lone loss coming a year ago when she had to retire from the semifinals because of a knee injury.

Defending champion Andy Murray could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the semifinals at the U.S. Open, while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer — who have never played each other at Flushing Meadows — might meet in the quarterfinals.

Murray earned his first Grand Slam championship by beating Djokovic in the 2012 U.S. Open final, then added a second by beating him in the Wimbledon title match last month. But there can't be a rematch in New York in the final, thanks to Thursday's draw.

The Ghana Football Association says AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng has made himself available again for selection in the national team.

Boateng retired from internationals following the 2010 World Cup — where Ghana reached the quarterfinals — and didn't play in the 2012 and 2013 African Cups.

LaShawn Merritt won the men's 400 meters at the DN Galan Diamond League meet on Thursday in his first major race since regaining his world championship title at Moscow last week.

Merritt won in 44.69 seconds, more than a half-second clear of Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the bronze medalist at Moscow. Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic was third.

Fourth seeded Caroline Wozniacki eased into the quarterfinals Wednesday while top seeded Sara Errani crashed out of the WTA Tour New Haven Open, the final tune-up for the U.S. Open.

Czech Petra Kvitova, who is seeded third, also booked her spot in the quarterfinals of the $690,000 hardcourt tournament.

Japan's Ichiro Suzuki wasted no time belting the 4,000th hit of his pro career, achieving the milestone in the first inning of New York's 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Yankees outfielder Suzuki did it Wednesday by slicing one of Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey's knuckleballs past a diving third baseman Brett Lawrie and into left field in his first at-bat of the Major League Baseball contest.

Russian world number three Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a right shoulder injury, tournament organizers announced Wednesday.

On the eve of the draw for the year's final Grand Slam event that begins Monday on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts, U.S. Open tournament director David Brewer announced the withdrawal.

Formula One returns this weekend after its now traditional mid-season European summer break with speculation swirling around Ferrari as the circus heads to the Belgian Grand Prix.

A month on from Lewis Hamilton's victory in Hungary, the Italian team is the focus of intense attention both on and off the circuit as they prepare for action at the majestic Spa-Ardennes circuit in the Ardennes.