Jude Bellingham breaks all-time England goalscoring record

Jude Bellingham has firmly written his name into the record books of English football. In a chaotic and breathtaking 10-goal thriller against France during Saturday's World Cup third-place playoff, the 23-year-old midfielder produced a moment of absolute genius to seal a 6-4 victory for England and stand alone as the nation’s greatest ever single-tournament scorer.With his late sensational solo goal at the Hard Rock Stadium, Bellingham reached seven goals in this World Cup campaign. According to sports analytics Opta, those seven strikes are now the outright most ever scored by an England player at a single major international tournament, surpassing the legendary six-goal tallies of Gary Lineker (1986 World Cup) and Harry Kane (2018 World Cup and the ongoing edition of 2026).The historic milestone arrived in the dying minutes of a wild second half.