BARCELONA, Spain -- Atletico Madrid moved one step closer to its first Spanish league title in 18 years on Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Valencia, while Lionel Messi completed an emotional 3-2 comeback win for Barcelona at Villarreal two days after the death of former coach Tito Vilanova. [url=http://w

BARCELONA, Spain -- Atletico Madrid moved one step closer to its first Spanish league title in 18 years on Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Valencia, while Lionel Messi completed an emotional 3-2 comeback win for Barcelona at Villarreal two days after the death of former coach Tito Vilanova. Kerryon Johnson Jersey . Atletico midfielder Raul Garcia scored with an impressive header in the 43rd minute, and its defence did the rest as it gave Valencia no chance to rally at its Mestalla Stadium. Diego Simeones side moved six points clear of Real Madrid, which has a game in hand, while Barcelona remained within four points after coming from two goals down to beat Villarreal in its first game since the death of Vilanova. Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets wept as the two teams gathered at the centre circle before kickoff at El Madrigal Stadium to observe a minutes of silence for Vilanova, who died on Friday after a battle with cancer, having led Barcelona to the league title last season. Vilanova was honoured similarly across Spains first division this weekend. Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said his team had been "very affected" by Vilanovas death, who was honoured this weekend by more than 50,000 people who attended a memorial site at Camp Nou. "It has touched all of us," Iniesta said. "I will take with me the example he set for us, both when he was with us and after." Ruben "Cani" Gracia and Manuel Trigueros scored from counterattacks for Villarreal to go 2-0 up by the 55th minute. But Villarreal then self-destructed with own goals by Gabriel Armando in the 65th and Mateo Musacchio in the 78th, both redirecting passes by Dani Alves into their teams net. Messi finally beat goalie Sergio Asenjo after Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined to set the forward up to net his 27th league goal of the campaign and reach the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the fifth straight season. Earlier, Garcias ninth goal of the league season kept Atletico on course for its first league title since 1996. With a better head-to-head record against Madrid, Atletico can clinch the domestic crown by winning two of its remaining three games. It first plays at Levante, then hosts Malaga, and finally travels to Barcelona. "We have two very powerful teams behind us that will surely win all their games and we cant relax for even one day," Simeone said. "I ask my team to go forward with the same sense of calm knowing the importance of each result." Atletico can now focus on the Champions League semifinals as it travels to Chelsea on Wednesday after a 0-0 draw in the first leg. Again, Atletico snuffed out their opponents attack for a ninth straight victory. The pacesetters have only conceded one goal during their winning run while scoring 14. Atletico resisted Valencias early push and then went forward in search of an opening goal that came just before halftime. Garcia used an exquisite flick of the head -- with his back to goal -- to lift Gabi Fernandezs lobbed pass over goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and bouncing in off the post. Atletico defender Juanfran Torres was shown a direct red card for tackling Pablo Piatti in stoppage time. Also, Athletic Bilbao routed 10-man Sevilla 3-1 at home to deal a blow to its main rival for fourth place and Spains last Champions League berth, while Almeria fought back for a 2-1 win at nine-man Espanyol to move to within two points of safety. Forward Markel Susaeta got the Basques rolling in the fifth minute by scoring a rarely seen goal directly from a corner kick, curling the ball from the corner flag inside the near post to beat goalkeeper Antonio "Beto" Bastos. Right back Andoni Iraola then served two crosses for Iker Muniain to volley in the 54th and Ander Herrera to head home moments after Sevillas Diogo Figueras picked up a second booking in the 72nd. Kevin Gameiro scored Sevillas consolation goal in the 79th. The win lifted Bilbao six points clear of fifth-placed Sevilla. "This win over Sevilla is huge, but this isnt over," said Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde. "We are knocking on the door. We are three points away from the Champions League, which would be a dream for everyone." Austin Bryant Youth Jersey . Forsman closed with a 3-under 69 in windy conditions Sunday for his third Champions Tour title. He beat Jay Don Blake by two shots. Calvin Johnson Womens Jersey . Hes the same player he always was, only now his efforts are being rewarded. The rookie manager has made a habit of heaping praise on others when things are going well, and accepting criticism when they arent. But in the case of Hurtado, its what the coach is NOT saying that may be the secret to a superb run of form. http://www.shopdetroitlionsnfl.com/lions-kenny-golladay-black-jersey/ . The Philadelphia Eagles acquired running back Darren Sproles from the New Orleans Saints for a fifth-round draft pick on Tuesday.MIAMI - Luol Deng has been dealing with a nasty illness for a few days. Dwyane Wade missed the shootaround with another bout of bad headaches, which hes battled for years.And the Miami Heat fell apart in the second half yet again.Only this time, they still went home feeling healthy and happy.Deng scored 23 points, Chris Bosh added 19 and the Heat survived another struggle at home, hanging on to top the Indiana Pacers 89-87 on Friday night.Were lucky they ran out of time, Deng said. First half we were great. Second half they were great. It was two completely different halves.Wade scored 13 for Miami, which led by 20 late in the third quarter before Indiana ripped off an 11-0 run and kept the pressure on all the way to the final second.Indiana would get within a point on two occasions in the final minutes, and had a shot to win or tie on the games final possession — but C.J. Watsons open 20-footer from the right corner rimmed out at the buzzer.The way this season has went for us, I dont care if we won by 20 or we won by a point or half a point, said Wade, whose team improved to a mere 8-13 at home. We got a win.Luis Scola scored 14 points, George Hill and Watson each scored 13 and David West had 12 for the Pacers, who dropped their seventh straight.Lot of heart, lot of fight, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. We battled back in a game down 21 to give ourselves a chance to tie it up. Very proud of the group that did that.Indiana was within 77-72 not long before Deng made a pair of 3-pointers midway through the fourth, the second of them pushing Miamis lead to 10.The Pacers kept coming.What changed in the second half is coming out with some sense of urgency, with some sense of direction and played the Indiana basketball weve nnormally played the past couple of years, Hill said. Calvin Johnson Jersey. West scored with 2:55 left to get Indiana within four, Hill connected on a jumper while Wade was fouling Ian Mahinmi, and that free throw — which Mahinmi banked in — cut Miamis edge to 86-83.But Miami, which led by 10 in the first quarter, 17 at halftime and as many as 21 at one point, never ceded the lead in the final three quarters. Indiana led for only 27 seconds, all in the opening minutes.We got a bounce at the end, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.TIP-INSPacers: Indiana fell to 6-21 in games where it trails after one quarter, and failed to shoot at least 50 per cent for its ninth straight road game. ... The Pacers have now had separate losing streaks of six, seven and eight games this season. ... Indiana leads the season series 2-1 and plays host to Miami on April 5.Heat: Miamis 54-37 halftime lead was its largest of the season. ... Miss Universe Gabriela Isler, who will relinquish her crown in Miami on Sunday, was in attendance. ... C Hassan Whiteside (sprained ankle) warmed up and was active, but did not play. ... C Chris Andersen finished with 13 rebounds, a season-high.HILL BACK, MILES HURTThe Pacers got Hill — who had missed all but five of the teams first 44 games this season with knee and groin injuries — back for the first time since Dec. 31. But Indiana lost guard CJ Miles in the first quarter with a sore left groin, after he scored eight points in the games first seven minutes.THIRD QUARTER WOESMiami was outscored 27-21 in the third quarter, adding to the teams baffling post-halftime trend. The Heat are 4-16-1 at home in third quarters this season, 10-29-4 overall.UP NEXTPacers: At Orlando on Sunday.Heat: At Chicago on Sunday. ' ' '