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• Barcelona President Laporta: It Hurt Us To See Real Madrid Use Lionel Messi In Cristiano Ronaldo Appeal (Goal.com)
  Barcelona president Joan Laporta has declared that his club were "hurt" by Real Madrid 's decision to use video footage of Lionel Messi in their attempt to have Cristiano Ronaldo 's two game ban rescinded.
• Spanish Leading Scorers (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
  MADRID (AP) -- Leading scorers Sunday in the Spanish league (penalties in parentheses): Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 15 (1) David Villa, Valencia, 14, (1) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Barcelona, 11 (1) Gonzalo Higuain, Real Madrid, 11 Roberto Soldado, Getafe, 10, (2) Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 9 (1) Diego Forlan, Atletico Madrid, 8 Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid, 8 Aritz Aduriz, Mallorca, 8 Luis Fabiano ...
• La Liga top scorers (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
  La Liga top scorers on Sunday 15 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14 David Villa (Valencia) 11 Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)
• Madrid Press Show Lionel Messi Pushing Off Defender Similar To Cristiano Ronaldo's Red Card (Goal.com)
  The murmurs of conspiracy theories are abound in the Spanish capital as sports daily AS has released a video comparing the red card foul Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo committed on Malaga's Patrick Mtliga with a similar foul committed by Lionel Messi on Sevilla's Marc Valiente without seeing so much as a whistle, let alone a card.
• La Liga top scorers (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
  La Liga top scorers on Saturday. 15 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14 David Villa (Valencia) 11 Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)
• Barca beat Sporting Gijon 1-0 away (People's Daily)
  &$ &$FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina controls the ball during his Spanish La Liga soccer match against Sporting Gijon at El Molinon stadium in Gijon northern Spain, Saturday Jan. 30, 2010.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon 1-0 in Sporting's El Molinon Stadium in a game the La Liga leaders should have won by a more ample score. The Catalans totally outplayed ...
• Men Of La Mancha: Independence Day (Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports)
  Real Madrid picked up a huge win over Deportivo on Saturday thanks in large part to the play of its Spanish contingent.
• Barcelona's Lionel Messi Proud After Real Valladolid Win (Goal.com)
  Lionel Messi got on the scoresheet yet again in the win over Real Valladolid , and he was thrilled with the performance.
• Barcelona and Real Madrid both win in Spain (CNN)
  Barcelona stayed five points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid as both secured away wins in Spain's La Liga on Saturday.
• European Leagues review (FIFA)
  FIFA.com reviews the weekend action in the major leagues around Europe and casts an eye across the biggest games in Greece and the Netherlands.