Barcelona defender Gerard Pique demanded unity on and off the pitch after his side finally banished their away day demons with a 2-0 win at Getafe.

PETE JENSON: Barcelona eased to a 4-0 win against Sevilla on Sunday night with Lionel Messi scoring his first goal of the season. The injury-hit forward scored a late free-kick.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Goals from Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez put Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table after a 3-0 victory at Eibar.

Fans have lauded the genius of Lionel Messi after the Barcelona star displayed his selflessness in laying the ball onto team-mate Luis Suarez in Saturday's La Liga win over Eibar.

SLAVIA PRAGUE 1-2 BARCELONA: Lionel Messi scored his 113th Champions League goal as Barcelona beat Slavia Prague to tighten their grip on Group F to move three points clear of Inter Milan.

There was a tense and honest discussion in Barcelona's dressing room after their fortunate 2-1 win over Slavia Prague. The Catalan side edged past their Czech opponents.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Lionel Messi scored an emphatic brace in a 5-1 rout of Real Valladolid as Barcelona returned to the top of the table with the win. 

Neymar is refusing to give up on his dream of returning to Barcelona after the Brazilian spent time in Catalonia with former team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, according to reports.

Lionel Messi converted an added-time penalty as Argentina salvaged a 2-2 draw against their South American rivals Uruguay in a friendly in Tel Aviv.

There have been rumours that the World Cup winner is struggling to fit into life at the Nou Camp, with team-mate Arturo Vidal saying he has found it difficult to 'integrate and adapt'.

PETE JENSON AT THE NOU CAMP: Messi played his 700th game for Barca, and did what he had done in most of the previous 699 - he won the game for his team, scoring one and setting up the other two.

Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann could barely pass to each other in the early days of their partnership - but things finally began to click under the Champions League lights on Wednesday. 

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde talked up the importance of having Lionel Messi in his side after the forward netted the winner in the 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid.

Luis Suarez has dismissed any notion that his Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is planning on winding down any time soon after picking up a sixth Ballon d'Or this week.

Lionel Messi eclipsed Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 34 La Liga hat-tricks on a night when Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann were also on the scoresheet against Mallorca at the Nou Camp.

We're set for a thrilling finale in Champions League Group F as Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund fight to join Barcelona in the last-16. Inter will host Barca in a San Siro glamour tie.

The Italian giants lost 2-1 against Barcelona at the San Siro having needed a win to guarantee progression to the knockout rounds. Borussia Dortmund overhauled them and put them in third.

The World Cup winner swapped Atletico Madrid for the Nou Camp on a five-year deal last summer. Griezmann is continuing to adapt to life at the Catalan giants and has had to pick up a new role.

MSN linked up again Boxing Day, but only for a photo - as Neymar stoked the rumours surrounding his return to the Nou Camp by posing with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. 

Barcelona will be desperate to put their local rivals Espanyol to the sword on Saturday evening at the RCDE Stadium in La Liga. Follow all the live updates from Sportsmail right here.

Setien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde as manager on Monday, hosted the players at the well-known Via Veneto restaurant in the upper area of Barcelona on Thursday night.

Rodrigo, formerly of Real Madrid, has scored four goals and supplied 10 assists in 23 appearances this season. On Tuesday afternoon Celades admitted discussions have begun.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN - Quique Setien needs a big victory. Barcelona's new coach has struggled to a 1-0 win over Granada and lost 2-0 to Valencia in his first two games

The Argentine superstar has been managing a thigh issue for a number of weeks but is pushing on after Luis Suarez was sidelined until April and Ousmane Dembele was ruled out for the season.

PETE JENSON: In the big games Messi now seems to cut the same forlorn, powerless figure in the Barça shirt as he does for Argentina. There is an over-reliance on him and no one to give support.

Lionel Messi is the latest footballer to take on the 'stay at home challenge' as stars attempt to keep themselves entertained with sport on hold due to coronavirus.

At Barcelona, as reported on Thursday by Sportsmail, the board are risking a potential feud with their star players over mooted wage cuts. Here's how it would affect their enormous salaries.

Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi would reportedly prefer to rekindle his partnership with Neymar than for the club to sign Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan in the summer.

She's the American actress, best known for her role as Carrie, 'Big Boo' black on Netflix series, Orange Is The New Black.

Nationwide News and journalist Jonathon Moran in October 2018 lost a mid-trial bid to amend their defence to Rush's defamation claim based on the evidence of Yael Stone.

The Handmaid's Tale star Samira Wiley stopped by the BUILD Series to chat about season three of her dystopian Hulu series.She displayed a winning smile in a summer floral print dress.

Laverne Cox donned a yellow dress just hours after announcing she and her boyfriend Kyle Draper have ended their relationship. She wore the form fitting dress with tall black heels.

Dascha Polanco was spotted filming In The Heights in New York on Wednesday. The star rocked a floral print Nike mini dress for the film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda's musical.

She announced she is expecting her first child on a July 2 Instagram post in partnership with Clear Blue. And on Friday morning, Danielle Brooks was spotting cradling her baby bump in NYC.

Australian actress Ruby Rose quickly became a household name in Hollywood after her breakthrough role on Orange Is The New Black four years ago. 

Laverne Cox was the picture of elegance and grace as she stepped onto the Emmy Awards red carpet on Sunday afternoon.

In gorgeous gowns that almost seemed coordinated as part of the same color spectrum, Laverne Cox, Kelly Ripa and Sarah Jessica Parker shined at New York City Ballet's Fall Gala benefit.

She advocated for LGBTQ+ rights on the red carpet at the Emmys last week. And Laverne Cox came out to support another cause - ending extreme poverty - at the Global Citizen Festival

The activist, 47, set pulses racing in a daring black dress which left nearly nothing to the imagination. Laverne flaunted her figure in the sheer black number which showed off nearly all of her full chest.

Orange Is the New Black star Danielle Brooks has revealed she is engaged to Dennis Gelin. 

Laverne Cox made a bold entrance in a bright strapless yellow gown with purple hair at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Florida on Sunday.

She's perhaps best known for playing Dayanara 'Daya' Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. 

Rising heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson is relishing the prospect of a future showdown with Olympic champion and Great Britain team-mate Jessica Ennis-Hill.

At the age of 21, the Liverpudlian already achieved gold medals at junior championships, the World indoors and has a British long jump record. 

Katarina Johnson-Thompson can’t wait to compete at the European Indoor Championships in Prague. But for multi-eventers, packing your suitcase to go abroad can be a bit of an ordeal.

Few of the athletes competing at the European Indoor Championships will have had to factor in room for textbooks in their luggage but Morgan Lake is making sure her school grades don’t suffer.

There are few British sportspeople who have legitimate claims to being the best in the world however Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill are in that category.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill’s rivalry has all the ingredients to propel athletics into the spotlight in a similar manner to the Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.

Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed she will return to competition in London this July following her break from athletics to become a mother.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has revealed she faces her ‘biggest challenge ever’ as she attempts to juggle being a mother with winning gold at next year’s Rio Olympics.