The 32-year-old, who recorded 11 assists in 29 A-League matches this season, beat out Danny Vukovic, Bobo and Alex Brosque for the prize, which was voted on by a select panel of coaches. Ninkovic also won separate Player of the Year awards voted on by his teammates and the Sydney FC Members. “I am very happy to have received these awards,” Ninkovic said in a news release. “These awards are not only for me, they are for the team — we won together and as a family everybody played their part....

The cold war may be fading, but a new global battle is just over the horizon: the struggle for video-game dominance. Opening salvos were fired last week at an otherwise uneventful Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, the garish twice-annual tribal gathering of those who sell us our gadgets. Japanese giant Nintendo still owns the high ground–their exhibit was the largest ever in the history of CES, with more than 50,000 square feet of floor space, showing everything from dozens of new games to Nintendo-labeled breakfast cereal....

Rayman Advance ($40; ubisoft.com) This charming side scroller pits you (as Rayman) against Mr. Dark. Fluid, vibrant graphics make this the best of the lot. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 ($40; activision.com) An amazing remake of the popular skateboarding game for PlayStation 2 and other consoles. Lovingly detailed parks and skaters. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon ($40; www.konami.com) Based on an old-school classic arcade game, Castlevania pits you against Dracula....

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 will be at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, January 4 and Sunday, January 5 for the two-night event. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The show is almost here and Sporting News will have plenty of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 coverage on the day of the event. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 live stream TV channel: NJPW World (PPV) Live stream: NJPWWorld....

The capital is reported as having fewer than 24 cases a day, two months after it was hit by 200,000 cases a day. The claim is being based on conclusions drawn from joint modeling by Public Health England and the University of Cambridge’s MRC Biostatistics Unit, which tracks the rate of infection (the R-value), the number used to refer to the ability of the disease to spread. If the R is 1, one person with the virus would infect, on average, one other person so the rate of people infected would remain around the same....

Some viewers have taken issue with the show’s portrayal of women, pointing to Mi-nyeo’s (Kim Joo-ryoung) relationship with gangster Deok-su (Heo Sung-tae), Sang-woo’s (Park Hae-soo) reluctance to accept female teammates, and the VIPs quite literally using naked women as objects. One fan said: “The farther I get into Squid Game the more misogynistic it becomes,” while another tweeted, “They’re misogynistic as hell! Why they assuming women suck???” Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has fiercely denied these allegations, telling Hankook Ilbo that the behavior highlighted is how he imagined characters reacting “when placed in the worst situation....

Trump is an unconventional president, one not anchored in any way to the traditional notions of how modern presidents are supposed to behave. His tweets and smashmouth approach toward his opponents do little to endear him to those who think presidents are supposed to remain above the fray at all times. He is a combatant, a battler who gives better than he believes he gets. It’s an interesting narrative with more than just a little truth....

The Blues have found themselves short on numbers at times during a recent COVID-19 outbreak and they faced being left further shorthanded next month. However, Ziyech’s expected absence has turned into a boon for the Blues, who will lose starting goalkeeper Eduard Mendy, a Senegalese international. Thomas Tuchel’s side is chasing down honors on multiple fronts, and has been boosted by the news that Ziyech will be available. MORE: Tuchel should change Chelsea tactics...

“It came down to Chicago and New York. Chicago was the one that, from Day One, was something that I was very impressed with,” he said. “They was looking for a person like me to come in and just take them to the next level.” MORE: LBJ vs. Melo rivalry that never happened | Lowry scores career-high 39 points | All-Star uniforms Ultimately, Anthony re-upped with the New York Knicks, re-signing for a five-year, $124 million contract....

No, not that Tonya, the curse of figure skating, but Tanya the Australian superstar softballer. Tanya, 28, recently made an extraordinary pit stop at UCLA, one that lasted exactly one spring quarter. Recruited by UCLA, Harding joined the Bruins’ softball team at midseason and delivered a pitching-hitting tandem the likes of which haven’t been seen on the ball diamond since Babe Ruth. Harding pitched 18 games, won 17 and hit ....

In the late ’90s, the dramatic underperformance of those assets occasioned much despair. As emerging markets started to rally in early 2003, few believed in their staying power. But then, almost inevitably, came a moment of ebullience, when earlier this year big U.S. retail investment funds began moving in. During the eight months ending in April, their investments alone in emerging markets exceeded the cumulative inflows of the entire previous 10 years....

At just after 7 p.m., the Learjet 35A crashed in an unincorporated area of El Cajon, California, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. The plane had been set to land at Gillespie Field, where National Weather Service data indicated sky conditions of “fog/mist” at 6:55 p.m. It is yet to be determined what exactly caused the crash, though, NBC News reported. Trouble for the aircraft appeared to happen suddenly, according to a recording between the airfield and the jet from LiveATC....

The Heisman Trophy winner threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 to win the BCS championship game on Monday night. "There's a lot of heart and guts down in Tallahassee, too," coach Jimbo Fisher said. The Bowl Championship Series went out with a bang, with one of the best championship games in its 16-year history....

The beloved Netflix show’s fourth season has just come to an end and throughout the series, Will alluded to the fact that he is in love with his friend, Mike Wheeler (played by Finn Wolfhard). “It was hinted at in Season 1. It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing,” the 17-year-old said in an interview with Variety....

Gallagher’s comments come days after Styles’ new hit single “As It Was” became Spotify’s most-streamed song in a single day so far this year, and the most-streamed song in the United States in a single day. In an interview with Daily Star, Gallagher claimed Styles isn’t a “real” artist. “You’re not telling me Harry Styles is currently in a room somewhere writing a song,” Gallagher said. “With any joy, he’ll be surrounded by a lot of girls....