A late points spree by Kawhi Leonard saw the San Antonio Spurs preserve their remarkable unbeaten home record on Saturday with a 102-95 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Leonard weighed in with a career-best 33 points -- including eight in the final minute -- as the Spurs extended their winning streak at the AT&T Center to 39 games this year, 48 unbeaten overall since last season.

English Premier League footballers were among 150 sports stars prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs, a London doctor claimed in an expose by The Sunday Times.

The newspaper, which has been at the heart of several doping exposes involving international athletics over the last 12 months, conducted an undercover operation on London-based anti-ageing doctor Mark Bonar.

Manuel Pellegrini hit back at the critics after Manchester City warmed up for their Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint Germain with an impressive 4-0 victory at Bournemouth.

Goals by Fernando, Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov at Dean Court on Saturday tightened City's hold on fourth place in the Premier League and boosted confidence ahead of Wednesday's first leg in Paris.

Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona's 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

Gerard Pique's towering header put the hosts in front on the night they honored legendary former player and coach Johan Cruyff.

Guus Hiddink hailed the long-awaited arrival of Alexandre Pato after the Brazil forward played a major part in Chelsea's 4-0 demolition of woeful Aston Villa.

Pato, on-loan from Corinthians, stepped off the bench to mark his debut with a penalty on the stroke of half-time and then had a hand in the second half double from Pedro which put the seal on Chelsea's dominant display at Villa Park on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino was disappointed at seeing his Tottenham Hotspur side squander two points in an entertaining 1-1 draw at Liverpool but insisted they must still believe they can overtake Premier League leaders Leicester.

With Leicester not in action until 24 hours later, second-placed Spurs, bidding to be crowned champions of England for the first time since 1961, could have cut the deficit at the top of the table to two points had they won at Anfield on Saturday.

Mario Mandzukic struck on the cusp of half-time as champions Juventus stretched their lead over Napoli to six points with a 1-0 win over resilient Empoli that took their unbeaten run to 21 games.

Mandzukic was given the nod to partner Alvaro Morata up front after Argentine striker Paulo Dybala, as expected, was left on the bench by Massimiliano Allegri.

England manager Roy Hodgson has said it would take an "awful lot" for Wayne Rooney to be left out of his squad for this year's European Championships.

But Hodgson insisted England's record goalscorer, who has been sidelined since mid-February with knee ligament damage, would not receive special treatment and instead had to first regain fitness and form.

There will be jollity among the jangling nerves at the King Power Stadium on Sunday as Premier League leaders Leicester City resume their improbable pursuit of the title against Southampton.

Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who celebrates his birthday on Monday, is offering a free doughnut and bottle of beer to every home fan in attendance.

Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has admitted his time at Paris Saint-Germain has been the hardest of his career in an interview with French television station TF1 due to be broadcast on Sunday.

"I have had the three hardest years of my career," Cavani, who joined PSG from Italian side Napoli in 2013, told TF1 show Telefoot.