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It's time to explore Harry Kane. Another icon of sport. With the player on the verge of breaking the goalscoring record for club and country, we thought we'd look at the career of Harry Kane. Unlike many players featured in the icons of sport series, he has not retired yet. Brief introduction Harry Edward Kane plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team. A prolific goalscorer with strong link play, he is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.  Early life and early career Born and raised in the London borough of Waltham Forest, Kane began his career at Tottenham Hotspur, where, after fast progression through the team's youth academy, he was promoted to the senior team in 2009, at age 16. He was loaned out to clubs across the English football pyramid, including Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester City, and Norwich City. Kane's involvement at Tottenham increased after Mauricio Pochettino became head coach i...

Sir Bobby Charlton is another icon of sport. Brief career summary He played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or in 1967 and 1968.  Club Career Bobby Charlton played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts, his passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot, as well as his fitness and stamina.  He made his debut for the Manchester United first-team in 1956 and soon gained a regular place in the team, during which time he became a Football League First Division champion in 1957 then survived the Munich air disaster of February 1958 after being rescued by teammate Harry Gregg; Charlton is the last survivor of the crash from the club.  After helping United to win the FA Cup in 1963 and the F...

It's time to explore another sporting icon. This article will focus on Andy Murray. This is a man that has made history on numerous occasions.  Brief overview and career highlights  He is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 for 41 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two at Wimbledon (2013 and 2016) and one at the US Open (2012), and has reached eleven major finals. He was ranked in the top 10 for all but one month from July 2008 through October 2017 and was no lower than world No. 4 in eight of the nine year-end rankings during that span. The Scot has won 46 ATP singles titles. That success includes 14 Masters 1000 events. Early career At the start of his career, he was coached by his mother Judy alongside his older brother Jamie, Murray moved to Barcelona at age 15 to train at the Sánchez-Casal Academy. Andy began his professional career around the time Roger Federer an...

We now take a look at another icon of sport This time it's Eric Cantona As a footballer, he combined technical skill and creativity with power and goalscoring ability. Upon retirement from football, he got involved in the world of cinema. This article will analyse and examine Eric Cantona's varied career. Transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United The news of Eric Cantona's impending transfer from Leeds to fierce rivals Manchester United was met with hostility from Leeds fans.  However, the transfer was seen as a good piece of business by most football experts. The Yorkshire club had removed a troubled player from their side and got decent money for him even though he played a part in them winning the league during the previous season.  Watch: Eric Cantona's 14 goals for Leeds United Eric The King Cantona made his first appearance for the club on 1 December 1992 in a friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon to mark Eusébio's 50th birthday, wearing the numbe...

What is David Beckham best known for? In case you didn't know. Who is David Beckham? He is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending free-kicks as a right winger, Beckham has been hailed as one of the greatest and most recognisable midfielders of his generation, as well as one of the best set-piece specialists of all time. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. Start of his career and development with Manchester United Beckham's professional club career began with Manchester United, where he made his first-team debut in 1992 at age 17.  During the 1994/1995 season, he spent a period on loan at Preston North End. Beckham often talks about this being an important part of his development as a player. With United, he won the Premier League title six times, th...

 It's time to explore another sporting icon.  This time it's Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff. He is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, a middle-order batsman, and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the top international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket. Following his debut in 1998, he became an integral player for England.  A few years later, Flintoff and a few players became cricket icons across England and Wales. 2005 Ashes series In the Second Test against Australia at Edgbaston in August 2005, he broke Ian Botham's 1981 record of six sixes in an Ashes Test Match with five in the first innings, and a further four in the second innings: he scored 141 runs in total. In the same game, he took a total of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets of Langer and Ponti...