James Harden hit a step back jump shot with 7.4 seconds to go as the Houston Rockets continued their winning streak with 100-96 over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.

Harden also had nine assists and eight rebounds for the Rockets against their NBA Southwest Division rivals.

American Lindsey Vonn won Friday's Alpine Skiing World Cup women's downhill race at Lake Louise, the Canadian layout among her favorites since her first World Cup win there in 2004.

Vonn won in 1min 50.50 secs with Austrian Cornelia Huetter the runner-up, .58 of a second adrift, and Austria's Ramona Siebenhofer third in 1:51.57, edging France's Margot Bailet by .09 of a second.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has an added incentive to make history for the second weekend running when the Premier League record-setter faces Swansea on Saturday.

Vardy's goal in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United saw him set a new Premier League record of scoring in 11 consecutive matches, eclipsing the mark set by United old boy Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2003.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach insisted Friday that he was not worried by other cities holding referendums which voted against hosting future Olympic Games.

Last weekend, the people of Hamburg voted against the German city entering the race for the 2024 Games.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has warned he will quit Old Trafford if he loses the support of his players.

Van Gaal has come under fire this season for his conservative tactics and United's subsequent failure to play the kind of entertaining football that was their hallmark during the Alex Ferguson era.

Argentina striker Paulo Dybala produced a spectacular strike and prompted an own goal as resurgent champions Juventus outclassed Lazio 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Friday.

Juve remain fifth in Serie A after their fifth consecutive league win and have reduced the gap on leaders Napoli to four points ahead of their trip to Bologna on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez could have been killed when Norwich defender Ryan Bennett pushed him into the Carrow Road camera pit last weekend.

Chile international Sanchez landed heavily in the cameraman's area on the touchline during an incident in the first half of Sunday's 1-1 draw and was later forced off with a hamstring injury.

Arsene Wenger said on Friday that Santi Cazorla could be sidelined for up to four months after sustaining knee ligament damage in last weekend's draw at Norwich.

The Spain international stayed on the pitch at Carrow Road after taking a heavy knock early in the second half of the game as Arsenal's injury woes continued.

Renault completed their takeover of the Lotus team on Thursday ahead of the French manufacturer's return to Formula One in 2016, company boss Carlos Ghosn announced.

"Renault had two options: to come back at 100 percent or leave," said Renault chairman Ghosn.

The Spanish league, which had already announced a domestic television deal worth a minimum 2.65 billion euros ($2.8 billion, £1.86 billion), struck another agreement Thursday for 300 million euros.

Orange-Vodafone agreed the fee for one of the remaining packages available for the next three years, the league announced.