Germany, US in World Cup semis

Gaetane Thiney missed a gilt-edged chance to win the quarter-final tie for France in extra time when she skewed her shot wide of the target despite being unmarked at the far post and just a yard from goal.

Her glaring miss proved costly as Claire Lavogez missed the deciding penalty as Germany won the shootout 5-4 to book a semi-final encounter against the United States, who sealed their seventh successive World Cup semi-final appearance after captain Carli Lloyd scored to guide them to a 1-0 victory over China in the second quarter-final of the day.