After being forced to play catch-up for the last month, Manchester City have the chance to exert some added pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race when they kick off the weekend’s action at Fulham on Saturday. City’s last three Premier League wins against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Brighton and Hove Albion

Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw anticipates a back-row battle royal when his team faces a trio of All Blacks loose forwards in Saturday’s Super Rugby top-of-the-table clash with the Blues. The Hurricanes head to Auckland’s iconic Eden Park stadium just one point ahead of the second-placed Blues with four rounds left of the regular season.

Leverkusen are in pole position against Roma but guarding against complacency, while it is all to play for in Bergamo where Atalanta host Marseille. Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, Roma’s Romelu Lukaku, Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca and Marseille’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Can anyone halt the Leverkusen juggernaut? Themselves, perhaps, or Roma’s attacking strength. Atalanta and Marseille are blessed with

Blackburn Rovers head coach John Eustace has been fined £2 500 ($3 124) by the Football Association for misconduct after being sent off during a goalless draw against Coventry in April. Eustace has avoided a touchline ban but an independent regulatory commission imposed a fine after he was involved in a touchline confrontation with Coventry

The Spanish Football Federation on Thursday accepted Atletico Madrid’s appeal against a partial stadium ban after racial abuse directed at Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams. Atletico were initially ordered to partially close their stadium for two LaLiga matches following monkey chants heard by Spain international Williams at Atletico’s Metropolitano stadium last month. The federation pointed