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Southampton remained in the bottom three after playing the second draw in a row as on Sunday the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur ended 1-1. With the help of braces from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, Barcelona thrashed Real Betis 5-0 in La Liga to maintain an 11 point lead at the top.

Barcelona reached in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey after defeating Celta Vigo 5-0 on Thursday, thanks to a Lionel Messi brace in the space of 3 minutes. In another clash, with the help of Wissam Ben Yedder and Joaquin Correa’s goals, Sevilla beat Cadiz 2-1 to book a place in the last eight.

Manchester United, Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain joined Besiktas and Manchester City as the only teams to win all their games in the Champions League thus far with comfortable victories yesterday. Chelsea and Roma, though, had to settle for an exciting 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge in round 3.

Though a late goal by St Kitts & Nevis prevented India from winning the game, a draw was enough for the Blue Tigers to lift the Tri-Nation title. Elsewhere, the UEFA Champions League draw put defending champions Real Madrid together with Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur in the group of death.