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England held to Canada draw to complete Women’s World Cup preparations

England and Canada played out a 0-0 draw in a behind-closed-doors friendly to complete their preparation for the Women’s World Cup.

The friendly pitted the European champion Lionesses against the seventh-ranked Canada, who won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The game at Queensland Sports Stadium was also the first for Canada since April 11, and the last action for both teams, who could meet up in the quarter-finals, before they kick off their World Cup campaigns.

Elsewhere, Roma's Valentina Giacinti scored the only goal in the 23rd minute of Italy's behind-closed-doors win over New Zealand's Football Ferns, who are chasing their first World Cup win, in Auckland.

Spain thrashed Vietnam, who are making their World Cup debut, 9-0 in a friendly.

Hosts Australia claimed a 1-0 win over France courtesy of a Mary Fowler goal.

The match between Republic of Ireland Ireland and Colombia was abandoned after 20 minutes after becoming “overly physical”.

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