ROUND-UP: SPAIN:Real Madrid notched their first victory of the La Liga campaign when Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice in a 3-0 win for the champions at home to 10-man Granada last night.

Barcelona recorded their third successive league win as Adriano scored a 22nd minute winner to give them a 1-0 win over Valencia at the Camp Nou.

Jose Mourinho’s side had only taken a point from first two games and Ronaldo stepped up with his 149th and 150th goals for the club on his 149th appearance.

His first came in the 26th minute when his deflected left-foot strike from a narrow angle arrowed between the legs of Granada goalkeeper Tono.

Tono saved Ronaldo’s first-time shot nine minutes into the second half and he tapped the rebound into the net before limping off after he was felled by Borja Gomez. Gomez was booked for the challenge, a second yellow card of the match for the Granada defender that left the Andalusians with 10 men.

Substitute Gonzalo Higuain added a third for Real 14 minutes from time when he was set up by strike partner Karim Benzema.

Athletic Bilbao ended a dreadful early-season run when Aritz Aduriz and Markel Susaeta scored in a 2-0 win at home to Real Valladolid. Rayo Vallecano drew 0-0 at home to Sevilla while Levante came back from two goals down to beat Espanyol 3-2.

ITALY: Juventus thumped Udinese 4-1 away on Sunday after the hosts had goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic sent off after 13 minutes.

Arturo Vidal fired the penalty past replacement goalkeeper Daniele Padelli to set Juventus on their way. Mirko Vucinic scored the second goal Sebastian Giovinco added further goals in the 53rd minute and 71st minutes to complete the rout. Andrea Lazzari pulled a consolation goal back for Udinese after 78 minutes.

Two goals from Miroslav Klose helped Lazio to a 3-0 home win over Palermo, while Napoli defeated Fiorentina 2-1.