LIVE: Match ends in chaos with keeper sent off

In a humanities infinitesimal for the state and FIFA Women's World Cup, Haiti has made its debut successful the competition.

The newcomers travel up against a imaginable Cup victor successful England with play underway astatine Suncorp Stadium.

While they were successful power each night, Japan had to endure plentifulness of contention precocious successful the crippled against Zambia.

Deep into second-half wounded time, Zambia's fortunes went from atrocious to worse arsenic goalkeeper Catherine Musonda was sent disconnected with a 2nd yellowish paper for a foul successful the box.

Initially, Riko Ueki's punishment deed the underside of the crossbar, but VAR ruled the punishment beryllium retaken for goalkeeper encroachment. Ueki sent her 2nd accidental into the little close country of the net.

Japan finished 5-0 winners successful a objective show astatine Waikato.

After pushing retired to a 3-0 pb successful the 62nd minute, the broadside didn't fto up, with Jun Endō hitting the backmost of the nett 9 minutes later.

Riko Ueki past finished disconnected successful stoppage clip with a precocious punishment to seal the victory. 

A session from Japan present arsenic Hinata Miyazawa nets her second.

Mina Tanaka scores for Japan to marque it 2-0 implicit Zambia.

Japan was besides denied a punishment for offside.

Zambia needs to lift!

Hinata Miyazawa nets the archetypal extremity of the crippled to enactment Japan connected apical of Zambia.

South African players are committed to playing successful the Women's World Cup pursuing disputes astir subordinate and enactment unit pay, and the squad skipper connected Saturday assured fans backmost location they are afloat focused connected their upcoming tourney matches.

Team skipper Refiloe Jane confirmed that each disputes with the South African federation had been settled earlier the tournament's start, including the warrant of $44,500 to each subordinate that had antecedently been promised by FIFA.

"All the contractual disputes that we had were resolved," Jane said astatine a quality league up of Sunday's opener against Sweden. "We came into New Zealand having sorted each our problems. And erstwhile we near South Africa, we assured the federation that everything has been successful order. So coming into this tourney our absorption has been conscionable focusing connected football."

The 2nd crippled of the time is underway, with Zambia taking connected Japan.

Stay tuned for scores.