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Argentina   continued their post- World Cup   celebrations with a runaway 7-0 friendly win over Curacao Tuesday on another memorable night for talisman   Lionel Messi . Messi put on a clinic in the first half, scoring a hat trick to surpass the 100 goals mark for Argentina, with Nicolas Gonzalez and Enzo Fernandez both netting before the break as the rout was well and truly on in Santiago del Estero. It was the second match in a row in which Messi surpassed a significant milestone in his illustrious career after hitting the 800-goal mark for club and country in a 2-0 win against Panama on Thursday. An overmatched Curacao put up a fight for the first 20 minutes, but once Messi scored his first the floodgates opened and Gonzalez headed in Argentina's second from close range after a scramble in front of Eloy Room's goal. The Paris Saint-Germain star soon scored his second and Argentina's third with a trade...

Barcelona soccer player Lionel Messi arrives at a court in Barcelona. T RIGGER WARNING: Be aware that if you’re a Sheffield United fan, the following paragraphs might contain some upsetting information that will dredge up bad memories from the past. You might feel sweaty, nervous, your breathing might become more difficult, you may experience flashbacks. Please, if you are of a delicate constitution, then take great care in reading on. The long and the short of it is this: West Ham want  Carlos Tevez  back. They’re trying to get the old band back together, that old freewheelin’ group of heroes who narrowly avoided relegation on the last day of the 2006-07 season, and they want Tevez on lead guitar. The one slight snag in proceedings is the cash. Where indeed. Should they draw that line, then a move for Milan’s  Carlos Bacca  or, interestingly, a spot of hijacking on  Christian Benteke’s  proposed move to Crystal Palace might be the way West Ham go...

 Argentina’s Lionel Messi after the Copa América final defeat to Chile. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Lionel Messi has said his international career is over at the age of 29 after he blazed a penalty over the bar in Argentina’s defeat in the Copa América final to Chile. The Argentina captain missed his spot-kick in the decisive shootout at Met Life Stadium, which Chile went on to win 4-2 and secure a second Copa crown in two years, and was disconsolate on the pitch after the game. “I tried so hard to be [a] champion with Argentina. But it didn’t happen. I couldn’t do it. I think it’s best for everyone, for me and for many people who want it. The choice for me is over, it is a decision. I tried many times [to be a champion] but did not.”“It’s tough, it’s not the time for analysis,” he said. “In the dressing room I thought that this is the end for me with the national team, it’s not for me. That’s the way I feel right now, it’s a huge sadness ...