FOOTBALL NEWS - England will look to red-hot Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane to fire them to the World Cup finals when they tackle Slovenia in their penultimate qualifying match on Thursday.
After a barren August, 24-year-old Kane hit brilliant form in September, scoring 13 goals in eight matches for club and country.
Victory over Slovenia at Wembley will give England a place at next year's World Cup in Russia and with Kane scoring goals so freely, his team-mates will take to the field buoyed by an extra measure of belief.
"He is hot, isn't he?" goalkeeper Joe Hart said to journalists at England's St George's Park base earlier this week.
"He is scoring just as many goals as the people we have related to as world-class and he has been doing it for many seasons. Harry gets put in that bracket and deserves to be.
"He has (Mauricio) Pochettino, one of the hottest managers in the world, who regards him highly and there are reasons for that.
"Harry is just brilliant at what he does and he is just one of the best out there. He keeps scoring goals and you cannot ask for any more than that. Long may it continue in an England shirt."
Since Kane returned to the international fold at the end of last season following a spate of injuries, his goals have helped to keep Gareth Southgate's England side on course for qualification.
