Sports digest: Lionel Messi nets two goals in Barcelona rout

Lionel Messi scored his first two goals after a two-month injury layoff, and Luis Suarez netted a brace in a 6-1 rout of Roma on Tuesday as host Barcelona advanced to the Champions League knockout rounds for a 12th consecutive season.  Suarez got Barcelona rolling at Camp Nou in the 15th minute. Three minutes later Messi scored his first goal in his second appearance since returning from a left-knee injury. With Roma in disarray, Messi netted the hosts' fifth after Suarez and Gerard Pique scored. Adriano capped the demolition before Edin Dzeko got Roma's consolation....

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Football: Lionel Messi wins record fifth Ballon d'Or

FC Barcelona and Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (R) holds his trophy as he shakes hands with FC Barcelona and Brazil’s forward Neymar after receiving the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or award for player of the year during the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI) (AFP) - Barcelona star Lionel Messi won a record fifth FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player at a ceremony...

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