Hannah Wilkinson scored the only goal as co-hosts New Zealand recorded a historic 1-0 win over Norway in the opening game of the Women’s World Cup on Thursday. 

42,000-plus crowd

It was the country’s first-ever victory at the tournament and came in front of more than 42,000 in Auckland, the biggest crowd in New Zealand football history. It came at the end of a day which started when New Zealand’s largest city was shaken in the morning by a shooting which left two people and the gunman dead, the incident happening in a downtown area close to where several World Cup teams, including Norway, were staying.