Harry Kane wins the Golden Boot
England captain Harry Kane has won the Golden Boot after finishing as the World Cup top scorer with Croatia Luka Modric winning the Golden Ball for being the player of the tournament with Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard was the second best player, with France forward Antoine Griezmann third. France’s
Team-mate Kylian Mbappe won the Young Player Award. Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois was awarded the Golden Glove for being the leading goalkeeper.
Kane is the second Englishman to win the top scorer in a World Cup after Gary Linekar scored six goals in 1986.
Mbaooe and Griezmann, who both scored in France’s 4-2 final win over Croatia, ended on 4 goals each two behind Kane.
Russia’s Denis Cheryshev, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku also scored four times.
Kane’s goals all came in England’s first four games with three from the penalty spot.
Since 1978, only Brazil’s Ronaldo has scored 8 goals in a single tournament, firing Brazil to victory in South Korea and Japan in 2002.