Mark Smith helped Hampton and Richmond Borough keep pace with East Thurrock United at the top of the Ryman Premier League after a 5-0 win over Canvey Island on Saturday. Josh Casey opened the scoring after 25 minutes following up Nicke Kabamba's saved penalty before Kabamba stabbed home a second ten minutes from the break. The striker made it 3-0 with a far post header and Tom Beere wrapped up the points before the interval with a fine curling shot. Kabamba completed his hat-trick on the hour, guiding home Brendan Kiernan's through ball. Mark's clean sheet was his third in four matches since rejoining Borough and leaves them a point behind leaders Thurrock ahead of Tuesday's trip to Brentwood Town.
Injury denied Jota the chance to line-up against Barcelona on Sunday as Lionel Messi netted twice in a 4-0 win for the La Liga leaders. Munir El Haddadi tapped home the first after eight minutes from a Luis Suarez cutback before Messi waltzed through the Eibar defence to make it 2-0 just before the break. The Argentine made it 3-0 from the spot with a quarter of an hour to play and a fourth goal arrived five minutes from time through Suarez. The defeat leaves the Basque side in eighth place, eight points off European qualification.
Daniel O'Shaughnessy was an unused substituted as FC Midtjylland were beaten 1-0 at home by league leaders FC Copenhagen on Friday night in the Danish Superliga. Nicolai Jørgensen scored the only goal of the game after an hour as he capitalised on a defensive slip to slide past Mikkel Andersen from a tight angle. The result leaves FCM ten points off top spot ahead of tonight's trip to FC Nordsjælland.