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Red-hot Japan trounce Norway 3-1 to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals

Japan's Hinata Miyazawa, right, scores the third goal, and her fifth in the tournament [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the tournament as Japan beat Norway 3-1 in a clash of former champions to reach the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time.

Japan have been on a mission to bury the memory of their disappointing exit at the last-16 stage in 2019 and they will now move on to play the winner of Sunday’s clash between holders the United States and Sweden.

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