Britain's Mark Cavendish Saturday said he was not in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race just to "roll around" as he prepared to compete in his first road race of 2016.

Cavendish, the winner of 26 Tour de France stages, will race in the second annual edition of the Australian road event on Sunday for Team Dimension Data.

Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele has signed a new contract that will keep him with the Premier League side until 2019, the club said on Friday.

Dembele, 28, joined Spurs from Fulham in 2012 and has started 16 league games for Mauricio Pochettino's side this season, scoring three goals.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique dismissed suggestions his side will have the La Liga title in their grasp with victory over closest challengers Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

The European champions are level with Atletico on 48 points at the top of the table, but have a game in hand on Diego Simeone's men, and could also move seven points clear of Real Madrid with a win at the Camp Nou.

Andy Murray twice fought back from a set down to win a grueling five-set semi-final against an injury-hampered Milos Raonic and set up his latest Australian Open final against five-time champion Novak Djokovic on Friday.

The four-time runner-up reached his fifth Australian Open final after overcoming the gallant Canadian 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2 in four hours, three minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

Former Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic announced his retirement from football on Friday at the age of 34.

Vidic won five Premier League titles and the 2007-08 Champions League in an eight-year spell at Old Trafford, but conceded injuries had forced him to call time on his career.

Javier Fernandez of Spain won his fourth straight European title on Thursday with the best free program at the European figure skating championships.

Fernandez had a convincing lead of more than 14 points after winning the short program and performed the free skate no rival could match. It was not flawless, though, with a notable fall on a triple axel.

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne says he'll be out for action for approximately 10 weeks after injuring his ankle and knee in Manchester City's League Cup semifinal win over Everton on Wednesday.

The Belgium international was carried off on a stretcher, with his right leg in a brace, near the end of City's 3-1 win that sets up a final against Liverpool in February.

What's whispered into Bill Belichick's ear stays in Bill Belichick's ear.

Peyton Manning may have told him, "This might be my last rodeo," but he's not telling anyone else anything about his thoughts on retirement.

Brazilian-born striker Rodrigo scored a first-half goal to lead Valencia to a 1-0 win over Las Palmas and send Gary Neville's team into the semifinals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday.

Rodrigo found the net from inside the area in the 20th minute to help Valencia advance 2-1 on aggregate following a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Valencia last week.

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza maintained their perfect record in Grand Slam doubles finals, beating the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the Australian Open on Friday to extend their winning streak to 36 matches on the way to a third major title.

Hingis, a three-time singles champion at Melbourne Park, and Mirza dominated the first-set tiebreaker preceded by eight service breaks, four by each team.