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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.

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.

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.

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.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has won the 2017 Golden Boy award for the best player under the age of 21 in Europe. The prize is voted on by journalists from across the world, with Italian newspaper, Tuttosport, confirming the winner on Monday.

Head coach of the Argentine senior national team, Jorge Sampoali has unveiled his list of foreign based players, who will line up against the Super Eagles for next month’s high profile friendly encounter in Russia. The list includes Barcelona super star, Lionel Messi as well as Juventus rave of the moment, Paolo Dybala in an attack that also has Inter-Milan captain Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria of PSG.