FOOTBALL – England claimed third place at the World Cup by beating France 6-4 last night, while Les Bleus’ captain Kylian Mbappe became the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 22 goals on coach Didier Deschamps’ last game after 14 years in charge.
England scored four in the first half through Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and a Bukayo Saka double.
Saka completed his hat-trick with an 87th-minute penalty.
Mbappe scored two, either side of Bradley Barcola’s goal in the second half, to take his tally to 10 at this World Cup.
Ousmane Dembele netted France’s fourth six minutes into stoppage before Jude Bellingham added a sixth for England.
Mbappe leads the Golden Boot standings with two more goals than Argentina forward Messi.
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