• Manchester City fined €30,000 for second-half lateness • Fine is greater than that imposed on Porto for fan racism

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Manchester City have been fined €30,000 (£24,740) by Uefa for delaying the start of the second half of their Europa League last-16 first-leg with Sporting Lisbon last month.

City were punished by Uefa's disciplinary committee for returning late to the field following half-time in the 8 March match at the José Alvalade stadium, which Sporting won 1-0.

A Uefa spokesman confirmed they had informed City of the punishment and that the Premier League side had three days to appeal against the fine.

The punishment comes a week after another Portuguese club, Porto, were fined only £16,700 by Uefa for their fans' racial abuse of City players in the same competition in February.

City's Mario Balotelli and Yaya Touré were both subjected to monkey taunts during a last-32 game at the Estadio do Dragão, prompting a complaint from the English club.