Cavani: Paris St Germain’s Edinson Cavani is out of next week’s Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen as he recovers from a thigh problem, coach Laurent Blanc said. Cavani suffered the injury in a Ligue 1 game on Jan. 31. Blanc made it clear that although the striker’s recovery was going well, he would not be ready for the last-16 first-leg match on Tuesday.

Vucinic: Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic has suffered a knee injury in training and will miss “several weeks” of the Serie A season. Medical tests undertaken following the incident in Turin revealed a sprain to the Montenegrin’s right knee and a contusion to his shin but ruled out ligament damage. Vucini is expected to miss several weeks of action.

Nigeria: Nigeria have recalled former captain Joseph Yobo, now playing for Norwich City, and included four uncapped players in their 23-man squad for a World Cup warm-up against Mexico in Atlanta on March 5. It will be Yobo’s first international since lifting the African Nations Cup trophy for his country just over a year ago.

Peterborough: Peterborough have completed the loan signing of Cardiff defender Ben Nugent. The 20-year-old has been training with Posh this week and, after completing the necessary paperwork, goes straight into Darren Ferguson’s squad for tonight’s clash with Walsall.

French Cup: Last 16 – Lyon vs Lens 1-2 (aet).

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