BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) – England survived the sending-off of Lauren James to scrape past Nigeria on penalties Monday and were joined in the Women’s World Cup quarter-finals by an Australia side boosted by the return of Sam Kerr.
European champions England will play either Colombia or Jamaica in the last eight on Saturday, but they got there the hard way.
Chloe Kelly scored the winning penalty in Brisbane as England beat Nigeria 4-2 in the shoot-out after a tense last-16 tie finished 0-0 at the end of…
