Madrid, Spain - Lionel Messi fired home a trio of goals on Sunday as Barcelona rolled to a 4-0 rout of Deportivo La Coruna at t

Madrid, Spain - Lionel Messi fired home a trio of goals on Sunday as Barcelona rolled to a 4-0 rout of Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor. Custom Oakland Athletics Jerseys . Coming off a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid last time out, the Catalans wasted little time finding the back of the net as Messi nodded home an exquisite cross from Ivan Rakitic after just 11 minutes. The superstar Argentine doubled his teams lead 22 minutes later as he worked his way past several Deportivo defender and chipped it over Deportivo goalkeeper Fabri. Messi then finished his treble two minutes past the hour mark and it was 4-0 with seven minutes to play thanks to an own goal off Deportivo defender Sidnei. The result pulls the Catalan club within one point of rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Also in Spain on Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo fired home a pair of second-half goals as Real Madrid rolled to a 3-0 thrashing of Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Real Madrid seized control of the match during a dominant second half as Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 63rd minute when he got free in the penalty area and slammed it home from close range thanks to some excellent work by Karim Benzema to get the ball to Ronaldo. Just a minute later Real Madrid doubled their lead as James Rodriguez sent an inch-perfect ball over the top to Gareth Bale on the right side of the area and the former Tottenham man deposited it past Getafe goalkeeper Jordi Codina with ease. Los Blancos put the match away in the 79th minute when Rodriguez served another excellent cross into the area and Ronaldo nodded it into the roof of the net with aplomb as Madrid came away with all three points to maintain their place on top of La Liga with 45 points. Defending league champions Atletico Madrid snapped a two-match winless run across all competitions with a 2-0 victory over Granada at the Vicente Calderon. The hosts grabbed the lead after 34 minutes when former Bayern Munich man Mario Mandzukic fired home a penalty kick and Raul Garica wrapped up all three points with the second goal of the day with two minutes to play. The result keeps Atletico in third place in La Liga with 41 points, while Granada stays at the foot of the table with just 14 points from 19 games played. Sevilla moved into the top-four with a 2-0 victory over Malaga behind goals from Carlos Bacca and Denis Suarez, and in Sundays final La Liga fixture, Elche moved out of the bottom three with a 1-0 win over Levante. Wholesale Athletics Jerseys . And fellow Leaf, Jake Gardiner, hiking in Whistler. Athletics Jerseys 2020 . That was OK with him. He was just happy his team came away with two points. Letestu redirected Jack Johnsons shot from the point with 2:38 left, lifting the Blue Jackets past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday night. https://www.cheapathleticsonline.com/ .The law passed on Friday, in a 128-62 vote in the lower chamber of parliament, was prompted by FIFA bribery scandals in recent years.Switzerland-based sports leaders such as FIFA President Sepp Blatter and IOC President Thomas Bach are now classed as politically exposed persons in wider legislation covering money-laundering.MONTREAL -- There was at least one tight battle in Rachel Homans 10 straight victories at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Homan and her Canada rink from Ottawa had to fight back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Saskatchewans Stefanie Lawton 7-6 on Thursday afternoon at the Maurice Richard Arena. Then the Homan rink posted an 8-5 victory over Newfoundlands Heather Strong (4-7) in an evening match to secure first place in the round robin portion of the tournament. "Its good to have a game like that," Homan said of her win over Saskatchewan (8-2). "All the time, every day, all week long would be tough, but it was a great battle by both teams." Homan mused this week about her chances to go undefeated in the Scotties, which hasnt been done since Linda Moore in 1985. Jennifer Jones, now competing for Canada at the Winter Olympics, went undefeated in the round robin last year in Kingston, Ont., but then was beaten by Homan in the final. She has one round robin game left Friday against New Brunswicks Andrea Crawford (6-4), who saw her playoff hopes dashed when Albertas Val Sweeting (8-3) scored three in the ninth and then stole one in the 10th to defeat Manitobas Chelsea Carey (8-2) 7-4. Sweeting clinched a playoff spot and ensured no tiebreaker games would be needed. Carey had a chance at a big score in the 10th, but her angle raise just failed to dislodge Sweetings shot stone. Carey needs a win over P.E.I.s Kim Dolan (3-7) on Friday to finish second and play Homan in the first versus second playoff game on Friday night. The loser of that game plays the winner of the third-versus-fourth game in the semifinal on Saturday. The bronze medal game and the final are on Sunday. Lawton, who lost to Manitoba in the round robin, is in third place. She has a game left against Yukons Sarah Koltun (1-9). Roars went up from the 2,415 spectators at the evening draw as Quebecs Allison Ross (2-9) ended her tournament with a 5-3 win over Ontarios Allison Flaxey (3-7). Flaxey plays Nova Scotias Heather Smith (3-7) on Friday. Going into the Saskatchewan game, Homans rink had outscored eight opponents by a combined 71-30 and had not had to play a full 10 ends. Some wondered if the one-sided wins would leave her vulnerable in the playoffs because she had yet to make any shots under pressure. Oakland Athletics Gear. She answered that with solid play in a close match, although one in which Saskatchewans shot making faltered in the second half. "That wasnt our strongest game as a team," said Lawton. "We can pick it up. "Rachels team played great and put pressure on us. We can finetune a few of those shots and make them better." Lawton said the fact that her squad didnt have its A-game gives her hope if she ends up meeting Homan again in the playoffs. "I know we can play better and well come out and push them even more," she said. "We had the lead and played a strong first half, but in the second half we werent as strong and that showed on the scoreboard." Homan wrecked on a guard to let Lawton score three in the second end. Canada got two back in the third and another two in the seventh to make it 5-5. It was Lawtons turn to miss in the eighth with a draw that went a little long to give Homan her first lead with a steal of one. Lawton tied it in the ninth, but Homan had the hammer in the final end. She still hasnt had to throw a 10th-end last rock because Lawtons final steal attempt fell just short. Carey clinched a playoff spot in the afternoon with a 9-8 win over Flaxey on a point in an extra end. "Thats step one -- making the playoffs," said Carey. "If Im in the playoffs, Im a happy camper." Crawford downed Koltun 5-4 and Dolan beat Smith 7-5. Flaxey started the Scotties 1-5, but emerged as a spoiler Wednesday with victories over Alberta and the Yukon. She gave Carey a scare with a three in the sixth and another two in the eighth for a 7-5 lead. But Carey rallied with three in the ninth and held Flaxey to one in the 10th to force an extra end. In the morning draw, Sweeting earned a 10-3 win over Ross. Ross opened with the hammer but Sweeting had steals of two, three and two points over the first three ends for a commanding 7-0 lead before Quebec scored one in the fourth. The other early game saw B.C.s Kesa Van Osch claim a 7-3 victory over Strong. ' ' '