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Harry Kane becomes England's leading goalscorer at World Cups

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Harry Kane broke Gary Lineker's 36-year-old record to become ‌England's all-time top scorer at World Cups ‌on Saturday, adding another line ‌to his extraordinary resume with his ‌11th goal at the quadrennial showpiece ‌as the Three Lions won Group L.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a] drew level with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lineker-gary/tb3p0saj/"]Lineker[/a]'s mark ‌during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a]'s opening win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]⁠Croatia[/a] and ‌made the record his own in front ​of an ecstatic crowd at New York New Jersey Stadium, ​heading a goal off a fine assist from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a].[/p][p]"[b]It’s an honour ⁠to play ​with him. For me he’s the best England player of all time,[/b]" said Bellingham, after the 2-0 win ‌over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/panama/OWKqbCfi/"]Panama[/a].[/p][p]"He’s the one who has showed up more than anyone, any England player. It’s quite easy to play with him. In all honesty he’s at a level at the minute which is just incredible.[/p][p]"[b]You don’t doubt him at all ‌in terms of whether he’s involved ​or not you know he’s ‌going to make a difference[/b]."[/p][p]England will play one of the eight best third-placed teams in the Round of 32 on Wednesday.[/p][embed guid="383a8816-adab-4b18-902f-dbf84ed176fa" url="https://x.com/NetflixUK/status/2071007440653435297" social-type="twitter" /]

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