Sporting briefs

Bad weather: Nice have confirmed their Ligue 1 match at home to Lyon set for last night has been postponed until today because of bad weather. The fix-ture was put back to this afternoon (3pm). The result has implications at the top of the table with both sides in the hunt for a Champions League place.

Verona: Verona will play in Serie A next season for the first time in 11 years after a 0-0 draw with Empoli yesterday gave them promotion. The draw on the last day of the Serie B season meant Verona finished second on 82 points, two ahead of Livorno, who lost 1-0 at champions Sassuolo in a fractious match in which three players were sent off after a brawl and Simone Missiroli scored in stoppage-time for the nine-man home team.

In Russia: CSKA Moscow sealed the Russian title with a game to spare following a scrappy 0-0 home draw with Kuban Krasnodar yesterday. The lone point was enough to give the army side their first league crown since 2006 and 11th in the club’s history as they now lead last season’s champions Zenit SP by six points.

Badstuber: Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber tore cruciate ligaments in his right knee while recovering from exactly the same injury in the same leg six months ago. Badstuber, who missed more than half of the current campaign with his first injury sustained in December, will need to undergo surgery again.

Ligue 2: Monaco wrapped up the French second division title with a 2-1 win against Le Mans, a week after they secured promotion back to Ligue 1. Monaco, who were bought last season by Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, have 73 points, five ahead of FC Nantes in second with one game to play. Nantes will also return to the top flight after four seasons spent in Ligue 2 as a 1-0 win against already-relegated Sedan earned them promotion.