UEFA have announced that Linkin Park will play a pre-match show before the Champions League final kicks off on May 31.

The American rock band, who released their first album in seven years in November 2024, have recorded a new remix of the iconic Champions League anthem which will be debuted on the night.

Murphy will be without James Hume for the Leinster game, but can welcome back Werner Kok, Cormac Izuchukwu and Jude Postlethwaite from injury.

He believes Saturday will be an important game for the latter duo as they try to stake a claim to be included in this summer's Ireland squad.

To do so, they will have to be part of an Ulster side that will record a rare win at the Aviva Stadium, a venue they have struggled at in recent years.

"Those two boys [Izuchukwu and Postlethwaite] have a point to prove, losing James Hume isn't ideal but a like for like replacement with Jude coming back in," Murphy added.

"Our results in the Aviva over the last while haven't been good, we have only won once in nine games.

"That is something we can think about in the back of our minds, it is a huge day for our boys who want to challenge and try get into the Ireland squad in the summer."

The 50-year-old believes that Ulster are "moving in the right direction" after a three-match winning run in March moved them up to the play-off positions in sixth spot in the URC.

That is the position they currently occupy, but it remains a congested table with 13th-placed Connacht only four points behind Ulster and Murphy knows they must pick up as many points as they can in their last four games to secure a play-off spot.

"Every point is important now, we have four games left and if we win three of those four, we definitely qualify if we win two, we could qualify so you want to get that done as soon as you can."

Scarlets, Ospreys and Dragons have yet to agree to sign a new long-term deal with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), with a set deadline passing on Tuesday night.

WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood asked the three sides to ensure they had agreed to confirm their intention to sign a new deal by "close of play" on Tuesday, following the governing body's takeover of Cardiff last week.

The Arms Park outfit were placed into temporary administration last Wednesday, with the WRU taking control of the capital-based region.

That development raised concerns about the proposed new arrangement between the WRU and the four Welsh professional sides, known as the Professional Rugby Agreement (PRA).

The PRA, which includes a new funding arrangement, is meant to form a key component of the WRU's long-term plan, which they have called the 'One Wales' strategy.

Pete Wilkins has stepped down as head coach of Connacht with "a heavy heart" after Saturday's Challenge Cup defeat by Racing 92.

The French side came out on top in a 43-40 thriller in Galway to book their place in the semi-finals.

Wilkins spent eight years at Connacht, who are 13th in the United Rugby Championship table, and became head coach in 2023.

"During this season, I have been having some very open and honest discussions about my future at the club.," Wilkins said in a statement.

"Although incredibly privileged to have been given the responsibility of leading the rugby programme here, the longer I have spent in the role, the further away I have found myself from the aspects of coaching not only that I most enjoy, but also that allow me to contribute most effectively to the team."

Wilkins joined Conacht in 2017 as defence coach and he moved into the role of senior coach in the 2021-22 campaign.

The following year he became head coach under director of rugby Andy Friend as Connacht reached the semi-finals of the United Rugby Championship and in 2023 he took full control after the departure of Friend.

Connacht say Cullie Tucker will remain as interim head coach for the remainder of the season and the province will begin the process of recruiting a new head coach for next season.

David Humphreys, director of performance at the Irish Rugby Football Union said Wilkins had "contributed an enormous amount of growth of the game" in Connacht.

"Irish Rugby owes him a debt of gratitude for his dedication and commitment to the province," added Humphreys.

"A quality coach and respected figure in Irish rugby, Pete can remember his time in Connacht with pride, and I hope that he will continue to progress his coaching career in the years to come."

New Zealand centre Rieko Ioane will join United Rugby Championship and Champions Cup frontrunners Leinster for the 2025-26 season.

Ioane is contracted to the Blues in New Zealand until 2027 but will take a "sabbatical" to join the Irish province on a one-season contract.

The 28-year-old, who can also play on the wing, made his New Zealand debut in 2016 and has scored 37 tries in 81 caps for the All Blacks.

"It's an exciting opportunity to play in Ireland for an iconic team, grow my game and experience something with my family," Ioane posted on his Instagram.

"Will be back refreshed and ready to rock in the second half of 2026."

Ioane is the latest All Black to make the move to Leinster after Jordie Barrett joined the Dublin-based side for the current season.

Barrett has made a big impact at Leinster and was named player of the match as Leinster hammered Glasgow Warriors to qualify for the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals.

The Blues confirmed the deal just one day after the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) announced the four Irish provinces will have to contribute 40% to Ireland's national player contracts from August 2026 - as opposed to 30%.

Leinster have by far the biggest number of nationally contracted players and will be the most financially affected by the decision.

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse was suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Tuesday night for cross-checking Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield.

He'll miss the Oilers' regular-season finale at San Jose on Wednesday night but will be eligible to return to Edmonton's lineup for Game 1 of its first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Kings.

Nurse had been suspended three times and fined once in his 716-game NHL career.

The incident occurred at 14:36 of the second period of the Kings' 5-0 win in Edmonton on Monday, with Los Angeles on a 5-on-3 power play and leading by four goals. Nurse and Byfield battled near the crease as the puck was frozen by Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard. Nurse brought Byfield down with a headlock and then shoved Byfield's head to the ice with a cross-check to the back of his helmet.

Byfield left the game and didn't return. He also missed the Kings' game against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. Nurse received a five-minute major for cross-checking and a game misconduct.

In its ruling, NHL Player Safety said Nurse was in control of his stick and "makes the decision to deliver an intentional cross-check that makes head contact with a player lying on the ice."

The NHL ruled that the cross-check was delivered with enough force to earn supplemental discipline but agreed with Nurse's counterargument that the cross-check was not delivered with "exceptional force" on Byfield.

"It is only because of that fact that this incident is not met with much more harsh discipline," the ruling said.

The ruling is similar to one made in 2023 against Andrew Mangiapane, then of the Calgary Flames, who cross-checked Seattle's Jared McCann while the Kraken forward was flat on the ice. Mangiapane also received a one-game suspension after a match penalty in the game, with NHL Player Safety citing the force of the cross-check in its ruling.

The Oilers and Kings will meet in the first round for the fourth straight postseason. Edmonton won the three previous series, in seven games in 2022, six in 2023 and five games in the 2024 playoffs.

Edmonton will not have defenseman Mattias Ekholm for the upcoming series against Los Angeles, underscoring how critical it was for the Oilers that Nurse not miss any postseason time.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Wild coach John Hynes sent retiring goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury out for overtime in what could well be the final game of his storied career, and Minnesota outlasted the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night in the home team's regular-season finale.

Fleury, 40, made five saves, fending off a 4-on-3 power play, in the victory. The home crowd erupted when Hynes sent out Fleury, and the netminder was right in the middle of the celebratory mob on the ice after the game.

"It was fun just to go one more time out there and play the game I love," an emotional Fleury said after the win. "It was cool."

By forcing overtime against Anaheim, the Wild officially clinched their playoff spot; they will take on the Vegas Golden Knights in Round 1. Filip Gustavsson, who started Tuesday's contest in net, likely will start all games of that first-round series, with Fleury on the bench.

Though the Wild (45-30-7) certainly could go on a deep run this postseason, it is likely Fleury will end his career having won three Stanley Cups, a Vezina Trophy and a William M. Jennings Trophy. The 2003 No. 1 draft pick also has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Golden Knights.

"I had been sitting there for a few hours," Fleury said of his preparation to enter the game if called upon. "And Hynsey let me go in, and I'm happy I got to play a bit more."

The Wild needed some late drama just to get Fleury his overtime opportunity, as Joel Eriksson Ek scored the tying goal with 20.9 seconds left in regulation.

With an empty net for the extra attacker, Matt Boldy's pass across the slot set up Eriksson Ek at the edge of the crease. Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal stopped the first try with his stick, but a second whack at the puck got it across the line for Eriksson Ek's 14th goal of the season, setting up Fleury's entrance.

Boldy notched the winner -- his 27th goal -- with 17.9 seconds remaining in OT.

Fleury's wife and three children were at the game, just like they were last week when he got his final start and (barely) defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 8-7 in overtime.

"I feel lucky to have another chance to play in front of them. Get a win, not give up seven goals -- that was nice too," Fleury said. "Hopefully, they remember that time."

Rookie Sam Colangelo had the go-ahead goal for Anaheim midway through the third period. Alex Killorn also scored, and Dostal stopped 37 shots for the Ducks (35-37-9), who were eliminated from postseason contention 11 days prior.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Atlanta Hawks star guard Trae Young threw a hard pass and showed off a little fancy ballhandling. Ordinarily, those are good things.

But doing it against referees was frowned upon -- and the NBA said he was "making a mockery of the game."

Young's frustration with how the Hawks' play-in game at Orlando was going finally boiled over with 4:47 left Tuesday night, when he earned a pair of technical fouls -- one for rifling a chest pass at referee James Williams, then the second moments later when he deflected the ball with his foot and then wouldn't give it up promptly to referee Pat Fraher.

"Trae Young received his first unsportsmanlike technical foul for throwing the ball at a game official," Williams told a pool reporter after the game.

Williams was then asked why Young received the second technical.

"He received his second unsportsmanlike technical foul for kicking the ball away and making a mockery of the game as we were attempting to shoot the free throw for the first technical foul, and by rule when the player receives two unsportsmanlike fouls, he's ejected from the game," Williams said.

The Hawks were down by 22 points at the time and went on to lose 120-95. Afterward, Young said he did what he did to make a statement on behalf of his teammates, such as Dyson Daniels, in a game in which he thought it wasn't an even whistle.

"Sometimes when I take my frustration out on the refs it's not just for me," Young said. "It's for my teammates. I see Dyson Daniels going; he may not be a household name yet, but he deserves the same amount of respect as some of these other guys. If you see a foul, you should call a foul. That's pretty much all it was for me."

Orlando was whistled for 25 personal fouls to Atlanta's 18, and the Hawks took 34 free throws while the Magic took 27.

"They're a physical team. I've had two teammates hurt this year in one game against them," Young said. "I'm not going to call them dirty players or anything like that. I think they have a lot of talented players. But a lot of the plays and the moments ... it's not even necessarily basketball at that point. I think that's where the frustration got."

The Hawks will host either Chicago or Miami on Friday to decide the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference and who will play No. 1 Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs. The Bulls and Heat play an elimination game in Chicago on Wednesday.

"I'm not going to let the refs frustrate me like that in our next game," Young said. "I know we've got to win or go home next game, and I'm going to be ready."

With its victory, Orlando earned the No. 7 seed and a first-round matchup with No. 2 seed Boston, the defending NBA champion.

"The importance of him keeping his cool, he addressed that already with our team," Hawks coach Quin Snyder said of Young. "He's quick to own that. But the game was out of hand at that point anyway."

Young led all scorers with 28 points.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry threw their arms around each other and embraced.

"Playoff Jimmy," in all his brilliance on the big stage, took the pressure off Curry, and now they're taking the Golden State Warriors to the playoffs.

"I know I want to win a championship, so he needs his, what, this would be No. 5?" Butler said.

Butler had 38 points, seven rebounds and six assists, creating opportunities on both ends at every chance. Curry scored 37, and the Warriors earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 121-116 on Tuesday night in the play-in tournament.

Curry knocked down a baseline 3-pointer with 1:50 to go and one from the left wing with a minute on the clock then converted four free throws in the closing five seconds.

Golden State is now headed for a best-of-seven first-round series with the Rockets beginning on Sunday in Houston.

"It took 83 games but we're right where we want to be, which is back in the playoffs, and we've got a chance," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said.

After a pair of free throws by Curry with 5.4 seconds left, the Grizzlies had one last chance -- but Santi Aldama couldn't inbound the ball before a five-second violation.

Desmond Bane scored 30 points and Ja Morant 22 for Memphis, which will head home to play Friday against the winner of the Mavericks-Kings matchup Wednesday night in Sacramento to determine the eighth playoff spot.

With the Grizzlies on a roll midway through the third, Butler grabbed momentum back with a steal and dunk. He shot 12-for-20 in a second straight 30-point performance and his highest-scoring game since joining the Warriors at the trade deadline. He made 12 of 18 free throws -- after having been 63-of-68 from the foul line over the previous eight games in April.

Morant went down hard and rolled his right ankle when he stepped on Buddy Hield's foot and was fouled by Quinten Post with 4:25 remaining in the third but got up and finished the three-point play to pull the Grizzlies within 82-81.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 18 points for Memphis, while Zach Edey contributed 14 points and 17 rebounds and hit two free throws with 14.3 seconds left.

Curry had eight rebounds and four assists and shot 9-for-22 while regularly swarmed by Scotty Pippen Jr. before Pippen fouled out late.

Curry had lit up the Grizzlies for 52 points on their home floor in a 134-125 win on April 1, and the Grizzlies made him a top priority this time -- so Butler took charge.

"He's different," Draymond Green said of Butler.

Butler led four straight scoring possessions to put the Warriors up 31-18 late in the first quarter -- assisting on Gary Payton II's cutting dunk, dishing to Post for a 3 and making a 3-point shot and a three-point play himself. Butler showed no signs of being affected by a tender left quadriceps muscle after he took a knee from the LA Clippers' Kawhi Leonard on Sunday.

The Warriors had hoped to avoid this extra game but lost in overtime to the Clippers in the regular-season finale for their third home defeat over the final week.

Curry, Green and the Warriors had been 0-3 in play-in games during appearances in 2021 and last year. The Grizzlies had eliminated them at Chase Center with a 117-112 overtime victory in 2021.

British number four Harriet Dart has apologised for asking the umpire to tell her French opponent to put on deodorant during a first-round loss at the Rouen Open.

Dart lost 6-0 6-3 to Lois Boisson, which included the 28-year-old being swept aside in the opening set in just 28 minutes.

During a changeover in the second set, Dart was heard on the broadcast asking the official: "Can you ask her to put on deodorant? She smells really bad."

But Dart later posted on her Instagram story: "I want to apologise for what I said on court today, it was a heat-of-the-moment comment that I truly regret.

"That's not how I want to carry myself, and I take full responsibility. I have a lot of respect for Lois and how she competed today.

"I'll learn from this and move forward."

Boisson, who had walked back on to the court while Dart was still sat down, appeared to be out of earshot when the Briton made the comment to the umpire.

However, she later made light of the incident on her Instagram story, posting an edited photo of her holding some deodorant and telling toiletries company Dove that they "apparently need a collab".