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The Barcelona star reached the landmark in Wednesday's clash with Sporting Gijon and has now hit the net 13 times in his last 12 matches in all competitions Lionel Messi  reached a personal milestone on Wednesday evening as he scored his 300th La Liga goal for  Barcelona . The 28-year-old struck in the Liga clash with Sporting Gijon at the Estadio El Molinon to bring up an incredible triple century of goals for the Catalans. Messi, who has been in impressive form in 2016 scoring 13 times in 12 games since the turn of the year, has taken a little over 10 years to hit the 300 mark, with his first strike coming back in 2005 in a 2-0 win over Albacete. With his strike against Sporting, Messi has moved onto 438 career goals for the Catalans - by comparison, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 246 La Liga goals for Real Madrid, and 345 overall for  Los Blancos . Messi had the opportunity to hit his latest milestone in Sunday's demolition of Celta Vigo, but opted inste...

IPL I'll be lying if I say I've moved on: Dhoni Last updated on Monday, 15 February, 2016, 10:01 PM Dhoni launching the jersey of Rising Pune Supergiants. © AFP Mahendra Singh Dhoni has admitted that he hasn't quite moved on from Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who have been suspended from the Indian Premier League (IPL) for two seasons. He will be leading the new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants this season and Dhoni said it will feel 'a little different' when he walks out to the middle donning a different jersey from what he has been wearing for eight years. "I would be lying if I say I have moved on. That is the special part of being a human being. There has got to be an emotional connect after eight years (with CSK). After eight years of IPL, it feels very different to play for any other team," Dhoni said at the jersey launch of his new team. "All of a sudden if you want me to say that I am very excited to play for a new team, don'...

Pakistan drop Shehzad for ICC World T20 Last updated on Wednesday, 10 February, 2016, 04:07 PM The 24-year-old opener scored scored a total of 58 runs in five outings in Pakistan's recent tour to New Zealand. © Getty Pakistan have dropped stylish batsman Ahmed Shehzad from the 15-man squad announced on Wednesday (February 10) for the upcoming 2016 Asia Cup in Bangladesh and ICC World Twenty20 in India in March-April. Shehzad faced the axe after a prolonged run of poor scores. The 24-year-old opener scored a total of 58 runs in five outings on Pakistan's recent tour to New Zealand. While Umar Gul and Sohaib Maqsood have also been snubbed, in a surprise inclusion, the selectors have named uncapped left-arm seamer Rumman Raees in the 15-man unit. "While picking the squad, the team management and skipper were consulted by the selectors, and all concerned gave their consent in this regard," Haroon Rasheed, chief selector, said. "The T20 team has been s...

Teams: Sri Lanka  (From): Dinesh Chandimal(w/c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Seekkuge Prasanna, Milinda Siriwardana, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Kapugedera, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilhara Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Binura Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay, Niroshan Dickwella India  (From): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi

Hits, misses and surprises from Indian Premier League auction 2016 Bengaluru,  by  Akash Sarkar  •  Last updated on Sunday, 07 February, 2016, 01:13 AM Pawan Negi was bought by Delhi for a whopping Rs. 8.5 crore - the second highest bid for the day © BCCI Going into the Indian Premier League auction 2016 on Saturday (February 6), the likes of Shane Watson and Yuvraj Singh were expected to fetch a fat pay cheque. Watson eventually went to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 9.5 crore while Yuvraj went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crore but not before the franchises surprised everyone by not going after him straight away. Mumbai Indians went for him after a lengthy delay before Bangalore and Hyderabad joined in. It was interesting to see that the franchises were a bit cautious throughout the day and while there was aggressive bidding in some cases, it didn't stretch past the Rs. 10 Crore mark - a mark breached quite a few times last year. "Having been...