Lauren James apologises to Michelle Alozie and vows to learn from incident

Lauren James has apologised to Michelle Alozie over the red-card incident (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Lauren James has apologised to Michelle Alozie for the incident which led to her being sent off during England’s last-16 World Cup win over Nigeria and vowed to learn from the experience.

The forward was dismissed for deliberately standing on the back of Nigeria defender Alozie with three minutes of normal time remaining in Brisbane.