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Lionel Messi scores twice as Barcelona rallies for 2-1 win Canadian Press via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:08 AM PST MADRID, Spain - Lionel Messi scored two goals after coming on as a second-half substitute on Sunday as Barcelona rallied for a 2-1 victory against Racing Santander to maintain its 12-point lead atop the Spanish league. Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Sun, 01 Feb 2009 6:13 AM PST MELBOURNE, Australia - Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer in another momentum-swinging five-set final to win the Australian Open, keeping the Grand Slam singles record safe for now. Photo caption: Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after beating Switzerland's Roger Federer during the Men's singles final match at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday. Photo ... Spanish press heralds 'King of Australia' Nadal Sports Illustrated Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:47 AM PST MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The Spanish press heralded Rafael Nadal's Australian Open victory on Sunday only minutes after the top-ranked player became the first Spaniard to win the season-opening Grand Slam. Raul joins Di Stefano as top Madrid scorer in 2-0 win over Numancia Canadian Press via Yahoo! News Sat, 31 Jan 2009 3:41 PM PST MADRID, Spain - Raul Gonzalez joined Alfredo di Stefano as Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer with a second-half goal in the Spanish champion's 2-0 victory at Numancia on Saturday. Nadal beat Federer to win men's singles at Australian Open People's Daily Sun, 01 Feb 2009 7:40 AM PST &$ &$Rafael Nadal of Spain jubilates after the men's singles final against Roger Federer of Switzerland at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Feb. 1, 2009. Nadal won the match 3-2. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)&$ &$&$ 【1】 【2】 Torres: We have confidence now TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:00 AM PST Fernando Torres admitted Liverpool's confidence has been lifted after his two goals secured a 2-0 win over Premier League title rivals Chelsea.The Spain international struck a late brace to sink the Blues, who had been up against it following Frank Lampard's controversial dismissal after challenging with Xabi Alonso in the 60th minute. Madrid canter to victory at Numancia UEFA News Sat, 31 Jan 2009 3:14 PM PST Ten-man Real Madrid CF made light work of beating CD Numancia in the late game in Spain, with Raúl González and Arjen Robben scoring in a 2-0 win to keep a grip on second place on a good night for Athletic Club Bilbao. Katsidis wins WBO Asia-Pacific lightweight title Philboxing Sat, 31 Jan 2009 2:17 PM PST By Rene Bonsubre, Jr. PhilBoxing.com Sun, 01 Feb 2009 Michael "The Great" Katsidis of Australia won the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific Lightweight title with a unanimous decision win over Spain's Angel Hugo "El Tren" Ramirez last Saturday at the Cebu Coliseum.