England held off a second-half fightback from Scotland to win their opening match of the Women's World Cup 2-1 in Nice. To use a great football cliche, it was a game of two halves and Nikita Parris opened the scoring from the spot after a VAR review penalised Nicola Docherty for a handball in the 12th minute. Ellen White (40) - who earlier had a goal ruled out for offside - doubled the lead and was once again flagged offside 30 seconds after the restart, ruling out Beth Mead's effort, as the Lionesses looked to be in control. But Scotland produced a wonderful second-half performance on their World Cup debut, and made it a nervy finish when Claire Emslie (79) chipped home, but they could not produce a famous comeback as England took the three points. More to follow...

Source: Sky sports June 09, 2019 18:00 UTC