Mbappe is the best in “La Liga” in October

Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, the Real Madrid striker, won the award for the best player in the Spanish League “La Liga” for the month of October (November).

The official website of the Spanish League stated that Mbappe was one of his team's most prominent players this month, and contributed to Real Madrid achieving 3 victories from 3 matches it played in the tournament last month.

He explained that Mbappe scored 4 goals during this month, including two decisive braces. After his team’s victory over Villarreal 1-0, he scored two goals in Real’s victory over Sevilla 4-1. Then he repeated the same thing in “El Clásico” against Barcelona, ​​where he scored two goals that ensured victory for Real Madrid.

The Spanish League website pointed out that the result helped Real Madrid reduce the gap with leaders Barcelona to 3 points. This showed the brilliance of Mbappe, who has scored 11 goals and made two assists so far this season.

He explained that Mbappe beat out his competitors for the award, namely Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona star, Gonzalo Guidish, the Real Sociedad player, Alejandro Grimaldo, the Atletico Madrid defender, and Matias DeToro, the Elche player.

The British boxer of Somali origin, Ramla Ali, won the first world title in her career at the age of 37, after winning a majority decision over the American Mikia Krebs, to be crowned with the vacant World Organization and International Boxing Federation titles in the minimum featherweight division, on Sunday, in Arlington, Texas.

Ramla Ali won despite Krebs being superior in the total number of punches thrown 115-78, and lagging behind in strong punches 91-70, while Krebs succeeded in landing a greater number of punches during eight out of 10 rounds.

Ramla knocked her opponent to the ground in the third round with a hook punch with the right hand, but she was forced to retreat after that, while the American came back strong.

The opinions of the referees were divided, as two referees awarded the victory to Ramla with scores of 97-92 and 96-93 to claim the two world titles, while the third referee awarded the victory to Cripps 98-91.

Ramla Ali settled in London as a refugee after fleeing the civil war in Somalia with her family. She was the first Somali boxer to participate in the Olympic Games by representing Somalia in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, before later becoming the first Muslim woman to win an English title in amateur boxing.

Olympique Lyonnais, competing in the French Premier League, announced on Monday the appointment of Spaniard Carlos Vicens as the team's new coach under a contract extending until June 2028, succeeding Portuguese Paulo Fonseca.

Lyon said in a statement: “The management chose Carlos Vicens because his football philosophy, high requirements, and focus on developing players are completely consistent with the direction adopted by the club.”

Vicens (43 years old) left the Portuguese club Braga last month after 15 months in charge. He led the team to qualify for the semi-finals of the European League for the 2025-2026 season.

Vicens was also part of Pep Guardiola's coaching staff at Manchester City from 2021 to 2025.

Vicens will coach the team, succeeding Fonseca, who left Lyon last week to lead Sporting Lisbon of Portugal.

Lyon ranks fifth in the French League and thirteenth in the European League standings.