England defeats Nigeria entering quarter-finals

Aug 7: England has moved on to the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout win over Nigeria with a score of 4-2 after surviving a grueling onslaught having gone down to 10 players.

Despite the first penalty-taker, Georgia Stanway, firing wide, Nigeria missed their next two efforts and the European champions secured their spot in the last eight when Chloe Kelly smashed in the winning kick.

In an outburst of frustration, Lauren James stamped on Michelle Alozie's back in the 87th minute after losing possession and was rightly shown a red card following a video assistant referee (VAR) review.

England were given an almighty scare but will face Colombia or Jamaica next.