Villa fit for cup tie

Striker David Villa will be available for the Barcelona squad for Thursday's Spanish Cup match against Malaga after two weeks recovering from a thigh strain, the club said.
Club doctors cleared the 31-year-old goalscorer to play in the second-leg King's Cup quarter final match after overcoming the strain in his right thigh, Barcelona said in an online statement.
Top Spain goalscorer Villa had missed three games, including Barcelona's 2-2 first leg against Malaga last week and their 3-2 defeat by Real Sociedad on Saturday -- their first loss of the season.
He had spent several months out last year after breaking his left leg in December 2011.
The Spanish league leaders were nearly back to a full squad, still missing two defenders -- injured Marc Muniesa and Eric Abidal, who is back training with the squad after recovering from a liver transplant