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❚ Harry Kane broke the record for English Premier League goals in a calendar year as his hat trick Tuesday helped Tottenham thrash Southampton 5-2 in a league soccer match. Each goal broke new ground for Kane: His first took him clear of Alan Shearer’s 36 PL goals in

1995; the second saw him overtake Lionel Messi as the player from Europe’s major leagues to have the most goals

(56) for a club and a country in 2017; and the third gave him a record sixth PL hat trick in a calendar year.

❚ A former South American soccer official was acquitted in the FIFA bribery scandal and walked out of the courtroom in New York saying he’s finished with the world’s most popular sport. The verdict clearing Manuel Burga, former president of Peru’s soccer federation, of a single racketeering conspiracy charge came days after prosecutors won guilty verdicts on charges against two other former soccer officials.