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Ibrahimovic out of Barca clash
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League meeting with FC Barcelona due to a heel injury.
Barca, one of Ibrahimovic's former clubs, visit the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, but PSG will be without their talismanic striker as he continues to struggle with pain in his left heel.
The problem has kept Ibrahimovic out of PSG's last 2 fixtures - a 2-0 win at Caen and a 1-1 draw at Toulouse - and head coach Laurent Blanc had previously expressed hope that the Sweden captain would be fit to face his former employers.
However, a brief statement released by PSG on Monday confirmed that Ibrahimovic would not be available after tests showed that his recovery had "not been satisfactory".
Barca have yet to concede a goal in any competition this season, and coach Luis Enrique will no doubt be more confident of keeping that run going in light of Ibrahimovic's absence.
For PSG, however, the news comes as a further blow, with captain Thiago Silva and Ezequiel Lavezzi (both hamstring) also ruled out.
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UEFA hand out closed-doors punishment to CSKA
UEFA has ruled that CSKA Moscow must play their next 3 European matches behind closed doors due to issues of racism and crowd trouble.
The Russian champions are also forbidden to sell away tickets for their trip to face Manchester City in Champions League Group E later this month.
The punishments relate to incidents during CSKA's opening 5-1 defeat at AS Roma in this season's competition, when play was halted due to crowd disturbances, for which the club has also been fined €200.000.
In a statement, UEFA confirmed CSKA had fallen foul of Article 14 of its disciplinary regulations: "racist behaviour of supporters" and two sections of Article 16: "crowd disturbance and setting/off throwing of fireworks and missiles".
It is the third time in the past year that CSKA have been punished due to racist behaviour by the club's supporters.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure was subjected to monkey noises as the Premier League champions secured a 2-1 win in Russia last October. A section of CSKA's ground was closed for the next home game against Bayern Munchen.
In December, UEFA charged CSKA for supporters displaying far-right symbols during the 2-1 away loss at Viktoria Plzen.
For the latter offence, CSKA was forced to play this week's 1-0 defeat to Bayern in a closed stadium.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian club Dnipro must play its forthcoming Europa League home game against Azerbaijani champions Qarabag with a section of its stadium closed as part of a UEFA punishment for displaying a racist banner, setting off fireworks and the use of a laser pointer in the crowd.
Dnipro has also been fined €24.000 and ordered to display a banner with the wording "No to Racism" following incidents at their 1-0 loss to Inter last month.
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Gabi to miss out for Atletico
Club captain Gabi will miss Atletico Madrid's Champions League clash with Malmo on Wednesday with a hamstring injury.
Atletico confirmed the news on Tuesday, via a brief statement on their official Twitter account.
Gabi joins fellow midfielder Tiago on the sidelines, along with defender Cristian Ansaldi, with both players suffering from similar problems.
Group A remains wide open after 2 rounds of matches, with all four sides having 3 points to their name.
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Luiz Adriano overjoyed with record-equalling haul
Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano could not contain his delight as he matched the Champions League's individual goalscoring record.
Luiz Adriano scored a remarkable 5 goals as Shakhtar dismantled BATE 7-0 for their first win in Group H at Borisov ArenA on Tuesday.
The Brazilian's feat matched Lionel's Messi 5-goal effort that was set against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
Luiz Adriano also registered the fastest 4-goal haul - 17 minutes - in a Champions League match (28th, 36th, 40th, 44th), eclipsing former Croatia international Dado Prso's record of 24 minutes (26th, 30th, 45th, 49th).
"I'm happy to have scored 5 goals and to know that I was man of the match", said the 27-year-old.
"I want to thank my team-mates because they helped me to score those goals and to play so well tonight."
"I'm just happy about scoring 5 goals in the match. They are all the most beautiful for me. It was very special for me to score 5 times. I think the first one was my favourite."
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Aguero to miss Roma clash
Manuel Pellegrini confirmed Sergio Aguero will miss Manchester City's clash with AS Roma after injuring his knee against Everton on Saturday.
The Argentina striker played just 7 minutes of the Premier League encounter at Etihad Stadium before limping off with the problem, sustained in an awkward fall.
Even without Aguero, who has 19 goals in all competitions so far this season, City were able to edge to a 1-0 victory thanks to Yaya Toure's penalty as they closed the gap on leaders Chelsea to 3 points.
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