Association football

World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic was named 2015 sportsperson of the year in a global Eurosport poll.

The reigning football champion of the United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain, signed a contract with Colombian winger Danilo Asprilla who used to be one of the leading players of Bulgaria's Litex.

Asprilla moved to the Bulgarian club in 2014, making 78 appearances, scoring 26 goals and recording nearly 20 assists for the team from Lovech.

Serbian officials have backed a proposed monument to former Yugoslavia’s security agency chief Aleksandar Rankovic, but critics said it insults victims because of his role in Communist-era killings.

Bulgarian defender Zhivko Milanov signed ? contract with the reigning football champion of Cyprus - Apoel Nicosia.

The contract has a duration of eighteen months with an option for extension.

Milanov started in Levksi Sofia where he has spent the most of his career.

Cristiano Ronaldo, aged 30,  is returning to Morocco to see Dutch-born kick boxer Badr Hari, aged 31, who he is allegedly in a gay relationship with. The bizarre story emerged after the Spanish press reported that Ronaldo was making regular trips ot North Africa.

Gençlerbirli?i parted ways with coach Y?lmaz Vural on Dec. 29, just five days after he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the Ankara club.

A debate between Vural and Gençlerbirli?i's powerful chairman, ?lhan Cavcav, about winter break transfers led to the decision, according to reports.

Be?ikta? was crowned the winter champion in the Turkish Super League as the first half of the title race concluded over the weekend, with city rival Galatasaray struggling to stay in the race.

The Black Eagles beat Torku Konyaspor 4-0 at home with all goals coming in the second half on Dec. 27, while a dismal Galatasaray was held to a 1-1 draw at Kayserispor.

Claudio Ranieri, dismissed by Greece in November 2014, has revealed how he turned to Jurgen Klopp last Christmas after experiencing anguish. Following the defeat to the Faroe Islands Greece sacked the 64-year-old that led to heartbreak, but the Leicester manager watched Klopp coach Borussia Dortmund players at a sunshine camp during winter break.

Fenerbahçe right back ?ener Özbayrakl? stunned viewers on Dec. 23 with a breathtaking long-rage goal he scored from 35 meters out during a Ziraat Turkish Cup match at home to Antalyaspor.

#Fenerbahçe'nin ikinci golü #?enerÖzbayrakl?'dan geldi...https://t.co/2UAs57c65C

? atv (@atvcomtr) 23 Aral?k 2015

English football team Portsmouth honoured retired Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov by admitting him to the club's hall of fame.

The Bulgarian was one of four players to be admitted to the club's hall of fame together with Noel Blake, Dave Kemp and Billy Haines, who was honoured posthumously.