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Messi breaks Mueller record with 68th goal Barcelona forward Lionel Messi reached another milestone in his incredible career on Wednesday when he broke Gerd Mueller's 39-year-old record of 67 goals in a season for a European top-flight club. The Argentine World Player of the Year netted twice from the penalty spot and once from open play to help Barca to a 4-1 win at home to Malaga, his 44th, 45th and 46th La Liga goals of the campaign taking his total in all competitions to 68. Mueller set the record playing for Bayern Munich in the 1972-73 season and Messi has three more matches .... FIFA president visits Algeria FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter has arrived in Algeria for a two-day visit at the invitation of Algerian Football Federation (FAF) chief Mohamed Ra .... Bayern oust Real after dramatic shootout Bayern Munich summoned up all their famous resilience to oust Real Madrid in a nerve-jangling Champions League penalty shootout on Wednesday, denying .... Chelsea squeezes into Champions League final Ten-man Chelsea withstood another onslaught from Barcelona to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday after hanging on for a 2-2 draw against the .... Chelsea warriors digging in for Barca assault Written off as too old and accused of hastening the downfall of Andre Villas-Boas, Chelsea's old guard have flourished under stand-in manager Roberto .... Cricket Super Kings edge past Deccan Chargers Champions Chennai Super Kings, after suffering two consecutive defeats, bounced back to beat cellar dwellers Deccan Chargers by 10 runs to move up to fourth spot on the leaderboard in the Indian Premier League at the Chepauk Stadium here Friday. Batting first on winning the toss, the Super Kings scrambled to 160 for six, .... Lehmann blames it on poor fielding It's not KKR vs Ganguly match: Gambhir Our fielding cost us the match: Sangakkara BCCI should focus more on Test cricket: Wadekar Hockey India need to play top teams consistently, says Nobbs Erstwhile champions India need to play top-ranked teams on a consistent basis if they wish to return among the crme de la crme of world hockey, feels chief coach Michael Nobbs. Nobbs said that the upcoming four-nation test event for the London Olympics, will provide the eight-time champions India a first hand knowledge a .... Tame defeat for Indian eves Sher-E-Punjab win World Series Hockey title Nobbs targets top-six finish in London Olympics Qatar to host Asian Champions Trophy hockey Badminton Kashyap qualifies for London Olympics India`s Parupalli Kashyap Friday qualified for the London Olympics with third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin pulling out of the quarterfinal match, citing a wrist injury, in India Open Super Series badminton. The unexpected walkover helped World No 30 Kashyap gain much-needed ranking points to take him past fellow-countryman 27 .... Saina advances on mixed day for India in Qingdao Clijsters to miss French Open with hip injury Saina has potential to win Olympic medal: Lee I need to calm myself down: Saina Tenis Sania-Rodionova in semis of Estoril Open Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova breezed past Megan Moulton-Levy and Lindsay Lee-Waters in straight sets to book a semifinal berth in the Estoril Open, here. The second seeded Indo-Australian pair needed just 55 minutes to defeat their American rivals 6-0 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the USD 220,000 clay c .... Rafael Nadal wins seventh Barcelona title Maria Sharapova grabs first 2012 title Nadal makes winning start Paes-Stepanek suffer crushing defeat in Monaco Other Sports Poonia gets silver in US event with season's best Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia came up with her season''s best effort of 63.67 meters to notch up a silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown Meet here. Competing in her first meet of the season, Krishna wet beyond the 62.72 meters mark that decided the gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was also .... Kanwar assured of a bronze, Vikas falls Deepika Kumari in women's individual final of World Cup Indian weightlifters earn two places in London Olympics Hamilton fastest in 1st practice in Bahrain

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