Football match to raise funds for those affected by war

Everton will host Dynamo Kyiv in a pre-season friendly at Goodison Park later this month.

The Ukrainian side will visit Merseyside on Friday, 29 July, with proceeds from the game going to humanitarian charities supporting people affected by the war, Sky News reports.

The two clubs have a recent link through Everton's signing in January of full-back Vitaliy Mykolenko, and the Toffees have been a leading voice in support for Ukraine.

They wore the logo of the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal on their shirt sleeves for the final 10 games of last season while the club also gave £250,000 to the appeal, which was matched by majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright.