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Cavani will not face United due to hip injury
Edinson Cavani will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League last 16 tie against Manchester United with a hip injury.
The Uruguay striker did not travel with Thomas Tuchel's travelling squad to Manchester on Monday for the fixture at Old Trafford.
Cavani limped off in the French champions' 1-0 league victory against Girondins Bordeaux, after appearing to injure himself in the process of scoring a first half penalty, with the club confirming on Sunday he had injured a tendon in his hip.
The length of Cavani's absence is unknown but his unavailability is a blow to Tuchel, who is already without Brazilian star Neymar already sidelined for both legs of the tie by a foot injury.
PSG are also without defender Thomas Meunier after he suffered a light concussion following a heavy collision during the match against Bordeaux.
Reus out of Tottenham game
Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus will miss the first leg of the Champions League last 16 tie against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday due to a thigh injury.
England winger Jadon Sancho, 18-year-old, who starred in Reus' absence against Hoffenheim, scoring in a 3-3 draw, will be expected to fill in again on his return to London.
Reus has been Dortmund's most prolific player this season, scoring 13 goals and setting up 9 more in 19 Bundesliga games, but he injured a thigh muscle last Tuesday in a German Cup loss to Werder Bremen.
It's unclear if Reus will return in time for the next league game at Nurnberg in a week's time, or the second leg against Tottenham in Dortmund, which will be played on 5 March.
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Sissoko set to miss UCL semi-finals first leg
Tottenham's Champions League hopes have been hit with a huge blow with the news that Moussa Sissoko is likely to miss the semi-finals first leg against Ajax.
The midfielder, who is a candidate for the club's player of the season, suffered a groin injury in the quarter-finals second leg match at Manchester City and has been ruled out by manager Mauricio Pochettino for 2 weeks.
That would mean Sissoko misses at least the home leg of their last 4 tie on 30 April, a game which Son Heung-min is also suspended for.
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Neymar handed 3-match Champions League ban
Neymar has been handed a 3-match European ban for a foul-mouthed Instagram post made following Paris Saint-Germain's loss to Manchester United in which he insulted the match officials after his side's controversial defeat.
Officials awarded the Red Devils a stoppage-time penalty at Parc de Princes after a VAR review determined a Diogo Dalot shot hit the arm of Presnel Kimpembe.
Marcus Rashford scored from the spot to level the tie at 3-3 and send United through on away goals.
It completed a shocking turn around which saw PSG squander a 2-0 advantage gained in the first leg at Old Trafford and consigned the Ligue 1 champions to yet another disappointment in Europe.
The suspension means that Neymar is set to miss half of next year's Champions League group stages.
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Sanchez out of Tottenham's trip to Ajax
Davinson Sanchez will miss Tottenham's Champions League semi-finals second leg at Ajax due to a thigh injury.
The Colombia international sustained the problem during Spurs' 1-0 Premier League loss at Bournemouth on Saturday and it leaves manager Mauricio Pochettino with a headache as his side aim to overturn a one-goal deficit at the Johan Cruijff ArenA.
Jan Vertonghen suffered a nasal injury in a painful collision with team-mate Toby Alderweireld and Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana in last week's first leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Vertonghen will continue to be monitored before the match and will wear a protective face mask if he is selected.
Spurs will welcome back Son Heung-min, who sat out the initial encounter through suspension.
The South Korea forward scored 3 of Tottenham's 4 goals in their quarter-finals triumph over Manchester City.
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Skomina to referee Champions League Final
Slovenia's Damir Skomina will take charge of the Champions League Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool in Madrid.
It will be the 42-year-old's first Champions League Final but he does have experience officiating in European football's showpiece events.
He refereed the Europa League Final between Ajax and Manchester United in 2017, as well as the Super Cup encounter between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid in 2012.
Skomina has taken charge of 4 Champions League matches this season including Liverpool's 1-0 win at home to Napoli in December.
He was also the referee to give Manchester United a stoppage-time penalty which sent them through their last 16 match with PSG, using video technology to come to the decision.
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Former UEFA president Johansson dies
Lennart Johansson, who introduced the Champions League during a 17-year reign as UEFA president, has died at the age of 89 after a short illness.
He was elected to lead UEFA from 1990 to 2007 when he was beaten in the presidential election by Michel Platini and also served as vice-president of FIFA, but lost a divisive contest for the presidency to Sepp Blatter in 1998.
Johansson reshaped European football with a radical transformation of the European Cup into the Champions League in 1992 and the eventual expansion that saw non-domestic champions given entry.
As a matter of respect and to pay tribute, a minute's will be observed at all UEFA Nations League, UEFA European Qualifiers and UEFA U21 matches this week.
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Atalanta to play at San Siro
Atalanta will play their Champions League home games at San Siro this season after AC Milan gave their seal of approval.
Atalanta made the request as their stadium is currently being renovated to meet UEFA standards.
Despite being initially hesitant, the Rossoneri are now in agreement with Inter and Milan's city council over letting La Dea use the arena.
Atalanta previously used Sassuolo's Mapei Stadium for Europa League home games in 2017-2018, but the 80,000-seater venue became an option after Milan pulled out of the competition.
That means they can now look forward to their first-ever Champions League campaign being played in part at San Siro, which is just 60 km away from Bergamo.
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SuperCup match to be refereed by Stephanie Frappart
Stephanie Frappart will become the first female official to referee a major UEFA men's match when she takes charge of the SuperCup between Liverpool and Chelsea.
UEFA have confirmed Frappart, who refereed the FIFA Women's World Cup Final between the United States and Holland in Lyon, will officiate the clash between the Champions League and Europa League winners in Istanbul on 14 August.
Frappart will lead a team made up of predominantly female officials in the European season's curtain-raiser, with Manuela Nicolosi of France and Michelle O'Neill from the Republic of Ireland appointed as her assistant referees.
Frappart previously became the first female official to take charge of a Ligue 1 match when she oversaw a fixture between Amiens and Strasbourg in April, and the 35-year-old will join the pool of referees for France's top flight in 2019-2020.
Frappart will have the help of VAR during the SuperCup, with male compatriot Clement Turpin set to be the video official.
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