Messi breaks out of goal drought

With a hat trick in the first 40 minutes and another goal near the end, Lionel Messi ended his worst scoreless run in six years in the Spanish league on Saturday.

Messi led host Barcelona to a 5-0 rout of Eibar and put them back at the top of the standings. The victory at Camp Nou moved Barcelona two points ahead of Real Madrid, which lost 1-0 to Levante.

The Spanish powerhouses play their clasico in Madrid next weekend, and this week have round-of-16 matches in the Champions League — Barcelona visits Napoli on Tuesday and Real Madrid hosts Manchester City on Wednesday.

Messi, one of the recent critics of club officials, ended his four-game scoreless streak in the league with a beautiful opening goal, sending the ball through the legs of defender Anaitz Arbilla and entering the area and finding the net in the 14th minute.

■ Cristiano Ronaldo marked his 1,000th official match by scoring a record-equaling goal to help Juventus win at Spal 2-1 in Serie A.

A small fire in an industrial cooler inside Kansas State’s Bill Snyder Family Stadium caused an estimated

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$10,000 in damage to food stored there, authorities said. The fire broke out Friday evening and was quickly contained by firefighters who responded, the CapitalJournal reported. No one was injured.

PGA Tour rookie Viktor Hovland shot an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the windy Puerto Rico Open. He birdied all four par-5 holes at Coco Beach, the last on the 18th for a back-nine 31 and 18-under 198 total. Martin Laird was second after a 63.

WR Danny Amendola will remain with the Lions on a one-year deal. Amendola caught 62 passes for 678 yards and a touchdown last year in his first season with the Lions.

Top-seeded Simona Halep won her 20th singles title after prevailing in a third-set tiebreaker to beat Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the Dubai Championships final . ... Top-seeded Dominic Thiem was eliminated by qualifier Gianluca Mager 7-6 (4), 7-5 in their rainaffected, two-day Rio Open quarterfinal.

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