Sacked Italy manager Luciano Spalletti bowed out with a victory after his side laboured to an uninspired 2-0 home win over Moldova in their World Cup qualification match on Monday.
The 20-year-old has scored 11 goals in 11 games in all competitions this season, including four goals in the Champions League.
Wright blasts Man City's Haaland for throwing ball at Arsenal's Gabriel
Arsenal moved to 50 points from 24 games.
Indian club East Bengal produced an utterly dominant show to crush Bangladesh's Bashundhara Kings 4-0 in their AFC Challenge League match in Thimphu on Tuesday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Jude Bellingham topped the men's overall voting, with the Real Madrid and England midfielder receiving 11,176 selections from his peers.
Seven times reigning winner Lionel Messi was not nominated for this year's Ballon d'Or for the first time since 2005 and nor was his Paris Saint-Germain team mate Neymar.
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A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Greece beat England for the first time as striker Vangelis Pavlidis's double earned the visitors a richly-deserved 2-1 victory.
Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 victory over Brentford, while Newcastle drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Saturday
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest maintained unbeaten starts to the Premier League season with a topsy-turvy 2-2 draw as the visitors finished with 10 men and both managers were shown red cards in a feisty clash on Sunday.
Liverpool took another step towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Manchester City.
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Manchester City thrashed West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim their first back-to-back wins since October.
City's Khadija Shaw was named Women's Player of the Year, with Grace Clinton picking up the Young Player of the Year after excelling on loan at Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester United.
Champions Manchester City could only muster a 2-2 Premier League draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
A summary of Thursday's action in the Premier League.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
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England enjoyed a 3-1 victory over Finland thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice.
Images from football matches played in Europe on Friday.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played across England on Sunday.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Ronaldo had won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 while he was playing for Manchester United and still holds the record of the last Premier League player to claim the top prize. Messi won his first in 2009 and was nominated for 16 years.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
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Sporting marked the final home game of coach Ruben Amorim's reign in stunning fashion as Viktor Gyokeres' hat-trick saw them come from behind to thrash Manchester City 4-1 and maintain their superb start to the Champions League on Tuesday.
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'It's alleged that, during the 94th minute of the fixture, the club failed to ensure their players do not behave in way which is improper.'
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