Ajara Nchout Njoya celebrates her last-minute winner which sealed Cameroon's place in the last 16Ajara Nchout Njoya scored twice in the fifth minute of stoppage-time as Cameroon beat New Zealand 2-1 to progress to the last 16 at the Women's World Cup. Aurelle Awona's strike made it 1-1 with 10 minutes remaining, but New Zealand's hopes of qualifying from the group stage for the first time were undone by Cameroon, who progressed to the knockout stages for the second successive World Cup. Cameroon have now qualified for the last 16 for the second successive World CupThere will be two African nations in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup for the first time after Nigeria sealed a place in the knockout phases for the first time in 20 years, without kicking a ball. The USA completed a record-breaking group stage with victory over SwedenHolders USA overcame their toughest World Cup assignment to date with a 2-0 victory over Sweden on Thursday. Bayern Munich striker Lineth Beerensteyn grabbed the winner 15 minutes from time after Christine Sinclair had scored at her fifth successive World Cup finals to quickly cancel out Anouk Dekker's 54th-minute opener.

Source: Sky sports June 21, 2019 07:18 UTC