Romelu Lukaku returned to team training with Inter Milan on Thursday as the Belgium striker recovers from a thigh injury that has kept him out of action since August.

Lukaku hasn’t played for Inter since picking up the injury to his left thigh during training in the days after his team’s Serie A defeat at Lazio.

However, he could be on the bench for Saturday’s fixture at Fiorentina and has a chance of featuring on Wednesday against Viktoria Plzen.

Inter will guarantee passage into the last 16 of the Champions League with a game to spare if they beat Plzen at the San Siro after getting the better of Barcelona in their last two Group C fixtures.

Simone Inzaghi’s side are five points behind group leaders Bayern Munich and currently sit seventh in Serie A, trailing league leaders Napoli by eight points.

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The Women's Champions League will be added to the latest Fifa 23 game early next year as part of a new multi-year sponsorship deal with EA Sports.

In July, the Women's Super League and France's Division 1 Feminine became the first professional female leagues introduced to the game. 

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr is on the latest cover of Fifa 23 alongside France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe.

"I'm still not used to seeing my face on a billboard in London," said Kerr.

The Australia international added: "I think [the growth of the game] is down to the players. The quality has jumped up so much. If you look back to last year and the level that female athletes were working at, it's incredible.

"The training I used to do, to what I do now is night and day. We have transformed into top professionals. It makes the game so marketable right now.

"There are so many of these top athletes too. It's not one or two like it perhaps used to be in America. There are so many top female athletes and top leagues which is incredible to see."

Kerr was speaking at a women's football summit in London to celebrate the launch of the game alongside some of the game's leading female players.

Brighton's winless run under new coach Roberto de Zerbi continued with a frustrating Premier League draw against strugglers Nottingham Forest.

Both Adam Webster and Joel Veltman missed glaring opportunities from close range to give the hosts the lead and Henderson came to Forest's rescue again late on, his superb save from Pascal Gross ensuring that Steve Cooper's men climb off the bottom of the table.

De Zerbi's Brighton were dominant throughout and spurned several gilt-edged chances against a Forest side that appeared happy to try to contain their opponents.

Leandro Trossard saw a powerful effort cannon back off the crossbar and was twice denied by good saves from Dean Henderson.

The results sees Brighton stay seventh after stuttering in recent weeks, picking up just two points from four games since the departure of Graham Potter to Chelsea while for De Zerbi, the Italian is the first Brighton manager to fail to win any of his first four league games since Barry Lloyd in 1987.

Atletico Madrid were held to a last-minute draw at home to Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.

Alvaro Morata had put the hosts ahead as he was on the receiving end of a well-timed Antoine Griezmann cross to tap home.

Diego Simeone's side seemed to be headed for a fourth consecutive win but Radamel Falcao's injury-time penalty for the visitors meant the points were shared.

The result took a further downturn as France winger Thomas Lemar was forced off the pitch through injury.

With the result, Atletico now sit two points below second-place Barcelona but have played a game more, with Vallecano lying in 10th.