BARCELONA: Barcelona moved six points clear at the top of La Liga by easing to a 4-0 win at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday with doubles from Luis Suarez and Paulinho ahead of next week’s ‘Clasico’ against champions Real Madrid.Suarez slotted a generous cutback from Lionel Messi into an ...

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona closed to within two points of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga as Lionel Messi scored twice in a thrilling 4-2 win over 10-man Valencia at Camp Nou on Sunday.Earlier, Antoine Griezmann scored a stunning free-kick as Atletico Madrid compounded a week to forget for Sevilla ...

Lionel Messi struck the winner four minutes from time as Barcelona moved top of La Liga on Sunday with a crucial 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid.All the goals came in the final half hour as Rafinha put Barcelona in front before Diego Godin's header quickly restored parity.However, so often the thorn in ...

MADRID: Barcelona needed a last minute Lionel Messi penalty to see off lowly Leganes 2-1 as a poor week for the Spanish champions continued on Sunday.Barca were thrashed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday to leave their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread and had to rely on Messi for ...

MADRID: (APP) Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona recorded their first win in four La Liga games to close to within three points of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at Osasuna.Barca should have killed the game off in the first half as LuisSuarez and Messi missed two big chances ...

LONDON: Legendary Footballer Lionel Messi put another Jewel in his crown by scoring 500 goals for club and country. Messi scored his 500th goal against Valencia from the side of Barcelona but unfortunately Messi’s side lost the match by 2-1. Messi scored his 450 goals in 525 matches for ...

LONDON: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has become the first player in the history to score 300 La Liga goals. The 28 years old Star achieved the 300th goal against Sporting Gijon on Wednesday. Six minutes later he notched his 301st and Barcelona’s 10,000th, the first for any La Liga club. He ...

LONDON: Lionel Messi was named the best player in La Liga for the 2014-15 campaign, staving off competition from Barcelona teammates Neymar, Luis Suarez and rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentina star netted 43 goals last season - five less than Ronaldo - but still managed to scoop the award. ...