Lionel Messi scored two goals and set up another Sunday to help mark the debut of Neymar and Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino in a 7-0 thrashing of Levante, ensuring the Spanish champions start their title defense in style.

While Barcelona rolled to victory, Real Madrid needed a late header by new midfielder Francisco "Isco" Alarcon to edge out Real Betis 2-1 at home in the first game with Carlo Ancelotti in charge after three season under Jose Mourinho.

Juventus won the Italian Supercup for a sixth time on Sunday after humiliating Lazio 4-0 with Carlos Tevez scoring in his first official match with the Italian champions.

The match was marred by racist chanting from the Lazio ultras shortly before fulltime and a warning had to be made over the loudspeaker. There was also trouble in the buildup as two local Juventus fans were stabbed in the backside and had to be taken to hospital.

Monaco cruised to a 4-1 victory over 10-man Montpellier in the French league on Sunday following a hat trick from Emmanuel Riviere, while Edinson Cavani scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain as the French champion drew 1-1 at home to Ajaccio.

Radamel Falcao gave Monaco a deserved lead from the penalty spot in the 18th minute after Lucas Ocampos was fouled by Siaka Tiene.

Lindsay Lohan says this time it's going to be different.

In an interview that aired Sunday with Oprah Winfrey, the trouble-prone actress declared that this, her sixth stint in rehab, has put her on a path of recovery.

Wolfsburg has signed Brazil midfielder Luiz Gustavo from Bundesliga rival Bayern Munich.

The Volkswagen-backed club announced on its website that the 26-year-old Luiz Gustavo has signed a deal through to 2018 and will be presented on Friday.

Tennis great Bob Hewitt has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of minors — nearly 20 years after the last of the alleged offenses is said to have occurred.

Prosecutors charged the multiple Grand Slam doubles champion with raping a girl under the age of 16 in 1981 in Sun City in northern South Africa.

Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic said his side will have nothing to fear when it faces two-time reigning Serie A champion Juventus in the Italian Supercup on Sunday.

Juventus has won the trophy five times and needs one more victory to draw level with AC Milan as the team that has lifted the cup the most.

Midfielder Esteban Granero is joining Spanish club Real Sociedad on a one-season loan from Queens Park Rangers.

Sociedad said the loan deal includes an option to buy the player at the end of the season.

Cairo has cancelled naval exercises with Turkey scheduled to take place in October to protest Ankara's "clear interference" in Egypt's domestic affairs, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

The measures were in "protest at the unacceptable Turkish statements and actions which represent a clear interference in Egypt's domestic affairs and stand against the will of the Egyptian people," the ministry said in a statement.

Adult obesity in the U.S. still isn't budging, the latest government survey shows.

The national telephone survey found 13 states with very high rates of obesity last year. Overall, the proportion of U.S. adults deemed obese has been about the same for years now.