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TOP STORY

Lionel Messi has been named La Liga’s best player and the division’s top goalscorer for the 2017/18 season at the Marca awards.

The Argentine scored twice on his return from an arm injury in the 3-2 defeat to Real Betis at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

The 31-year-old’s wins in the two categories means he has now been named Spain’s best player a stunning seven times, and the country’s leading goalscorer on five occasions.

“It’s good that the league is more competitive than ever,” Messi said after picking up his awards.

“There are no easy games. Anyone can beat anyone and that’s good for the spectators. I hope it stays like this.”

FOOTBALL

Santiago Solari has officially passed his audition at Real Madrid and will become their permanent head coach, according to the Spanish football federation (RFEF).

Solari has steered the club from the midst of a crisis left by Julen Lopetegui to four wins on the bounce, with the 4-2 victory over Celta Vigo on Sunday seemingly sealing the deal.

Real needed to make a decision by Monday – by La Liga rule an interim head coach must not be in place for a period exceeding 15 days – and papers filed to RFEF show that the board have indeed green lit Solari’s stay.

CRICKET

With the T20 and ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand now done and dusted, the two sides will turn their attentions towards the three Tests which get underway on Friday in Abu Dhabi.

While Pakistan took the honours in a 3-0 clean sweep in the T20s, the ODI series was shared between the two sides after persistent rains caused the deciding match at Dubai to be abandoned on Sunday.

As the focus turns towards red-ball cricket, read our six players to watch out for in the Test series.

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