England progress to Women’s World Cup semi-finals

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Norway 0 England 3<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Phil Neville&&num;8217&semi;s England have won their Women&&num;8217&semi;s World Cup quarter-final against Norway to set up a semi-final against either the hosts France or the current world champions USA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With David Beckham among those watching from the stands&comma; England made a superb start&comma; taking the lead in just the third minute&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lucy Bronze cut the ball back from the right&comma; Ellen White missed it with her attempt at a shot and it ran to Jill Scott&comma; whose strike went in off the post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The effort was the fastest England goal have ever scored at a Women’s World Cup&comma; and the earliest goal of this tournament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Scott subsequently hooked an effort wide at the far post before the sides went in at the break with the score 2-0&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Parris struck off-target from a good position and White cracked an effort against the post before the latter made it 2-0 in the 40th minute&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bronze worked the ball to Parris and her lay-off was slotted in by White&comma; moving her level at the top of the tournament scoring charts with the United States’ Alex Morgan and Sam Kerr of Australia on five goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-134981" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;4DD5E7D8-DFDE-45A7-8D23-158BD51D4D9C&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"338" data-wp-pid&equals;"134981" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>England extended their advantage through a superb Bronze strike just before the hour mark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Substitute Beth Mead delivered a free-kick to the right-back on the edge of the box and Bronze connected in emphatic style&comma; sending a shot flying past Ingrid Hjelmseth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They then missed a great chance to make it 4-0 when Parris saw her 83rd-minute penalty superbly saved by Hjelmseth diving to her right&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The spot-kick had been awarded after England captain Houghton was fouled by Maria Thorisdottir as they challenged for a free-kick into the box&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The miss mattered little&comma; though&comma; with England looking the more likely team to add to the scoreline in the closing stages as Norway’s challenge faded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were no more goals but England had already done enough as they celebrated a fully deserved 3-0 win and a place in the semi-finals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads5--><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed12089cc54">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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