Football

Nigeria and Girona striker Olanrewaju Kayode has been named in the LaLiga Team of the Week for last weekend by football facts and statistics website whoscored.com.

The team also includes Argentina and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Men's Player of the Year award for the 2016/17 season at a ceremony held Monday in London.

The France forward Kylian Mbappé has won the Golden Boy award for the best young player in Europe, fending off competition from Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford.

The 18-year-old came to prominence last season, scoring six Champions League goals to propel Monaco to the semi-finals while playing a huge part in the club’s title-winning Ligue 1 season, scoring 15 goals from an often wide berth. Mbappé is on loan at PSG, where he has scored four goals and made four assists in 11 games. He will make the move permanent in a £166m transfer next summer.

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club Abia Warriors have officially unveiled Brazilian coach Raphael Everton as their new manager for the new season.

Abia Warriors confirmed Everton’s unveiling on their official Twitter handle on Tuesday.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board will be asked at Thursday’s annual general meeting to make a final decision on the club’s managerial future well before the end of next season so as to avoid a repeat of this year’s uncertainty.

Ronald Koeman’s tenure as coach at Goodison Park has come an end after 16 months with the side sitting in the Premier League relegation zone. Everton have sacked Ronald Koeman after Sunday's 5-2 home defeat to Arsenal left them with just two wins from their first nine Premier League games.