Harry Kane has finished as the World Cup's top scorer to join Gary Lineker as England's only Golden Boot winners. The 24-year-old's six-goal haul proved insurmountable as his nearest rivals fell short as France swept aside Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow. Kane scored a brace in England's Group G opener against Tunisia before netting a hat-trick against Panama and scoring a penalty as Colombia were overcome in the last-16. The Tottenham striker tailed off and failed to score in England's last three matches in Russia, but his six-goal haul was still two clear of a group of five players. Lineker is the only previous Englishman to win the Golden Boot, having also managed six goals during the 1986 World Cup.<doc-sep>Harry Kane's name was jeered inside the Luzhniki Stadium as the England captain was named as the winner of the 2018 World Cup Golden Boot award. Five group-stage goals and then a penalty in the round-of-16 victory over Colombia were enough for the Tottenham striker to win the prize, the first time for an Englishman since Gary Lineker in 1986. Kane was not at the Luzhniki to pick up his trophy, but he was announced over the public address system only for his name to be roundly booed and jeered. Thibaut Courtois, another non-attendee who was named as the winner of the Golden Glove award, received no such negative response. Kane scored five in the group stage and a sixth against Colombia (AP) Kylian Mbappe was also named as the young player of the tournament for his revelatory month of performances while Luka Modric picked up the Golden Ball somewhat distraught after what might prove to be his final World Cup fixture. France clinched their second World Cup with a 4-2 win over Croatia in a dramatic final in Moscow featuring a series of firsts and a pitch invasion orchestrated by Russian protest group Pussy Riot. France led 2-1 at the break courtesy of the first own-goal and the first video-reviewed penalty in a World Cup final. The own-goal off the top of Mario Mandzukic's head was the 12th of the tournament. That's double the previous World Cup record of six.<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) FIFA has named several award winners for the 2018 World Cup, with top honors going to one of the runners-up (again). Despite the loss, Croatia’s Luka Modric was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player. Eden Hazard (Belgium) finished second, and Antoine Griezmann third. [ MORE: Trump congratulates France, Putin ] Modric, 32, becomes the fifth-straight winner to hail from a nation that did not lift the World Cup Trophy. Lionel Messi, Diego Forlan, Zinedine Zidane, and Oliver Kahn won the previous three, with Brazil’s Ronaldo the last to claim it via a World Cup winner in 1998 Harry Kane won the Golden Boot, as expected, with six goals, while Spain won the Fair Play Award. The best young player is no shock: French forward Kylian Mbappe. The Golden Glove went to Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois Follow @NicholasMendola<doc-sep>
Luka Modric has been named as the best player of this summer's World Cup after the Croatia star picked up the Golden Ball award. The Real Madrid midfielder ended up on the losing side in Sunday's final as France won 4-2. But he was recognised for his contribution to his side's run to the showpiece which included knockout victories over Denmark, Russia and England. Belgium's Eden Hazard was second and Antoine Griezmann, who lifted the World Cup trophy, was in third place. England's Harry Kane won the Golden Boot award after finishing as the tournament's top scorer with six goals, despite Gareth Southgate's side's semi-final defeat by Croatia. (Image: Getty Images Europe) (Image: EMPICS Sport) French duo Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe finished on four goals, alongside Russia's Denis Cheryshev, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Hazard. Belgium's Thibaut Courtois picked up the Golden Glove award as the tournament's best goalkeeper while Spain won the Fair Play trophy having gone out at the last-16 stage. And Mbappe, who scored in the final, won the award for the best young player of the tournament. (Image: Reuters) (Image: Getty Images Europe) The French, playing their third World Cup final, were made to sweat initially and were lucky to go ahead when Mario Mandzukic headed an Antoine Griezmann free kick into his own net in the 18th minute, the first own goal in a World Cup final. Ivan Perisic levelled with a powerful shot 10 minutes later but the Croatia midfielder was then penalised for handball following a VAR review and Griezmann stepped up coolly to convert the 38th-minute penalty and put France 2-1 up. Croatia fought hard for an hour but gradually ran out of steam after playing extra time in their three previous matches, and goals from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe gave France a three-goal cushion. Mandzukic pounced on a mistake by France keeper Hugo Lloris to cut the deficit in the 69th minute, making it the highest-scoring final over 90 minutes in 60 years, but Croatia could not find the net again in their first World Cup final.