Harry Kane will be awarded an OBE by the Queen in the new year’s honours list for his services to sport, at the end of a year in which he captained England to their best performance at a World Cup in more than 50 years. Kane also became the first Three Lions player to land the tournament’s Golden Boot award since 1986 when Gary Lineker topped the scoring charts. The Tottenham striker’s six goals, which included a hat-trick in a 6-0 rout of Panama, helped propel England to a fourth-place finish in Russia. Gareth Southagte’s side fell at the last-four to Croatia. And Kane’s year could have been even better had his point-blank first-half strike in the Moscow semi-final not deflected off Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic and onto a post with England already leading 1-0 from Kieran Trippier’s free-kick. A close friend of the 25 year-old told the Sun : “Harry is overwhelmed and excited about the idea of going to Buckingham Palace. “Playing for England was one of the proudest moments of his life but to be honoured by the Queen for his achievement will top the lot. “The last six months have been a complete whirlwind for him,…