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England’s Lucy Bronze has been nominated for the Golden Ball award at the Women’s World Cup.

Bronze, who scored the winner against Canada in the quarter-final, will go up against Germany’s Celia Sasic, the tournament’s leading scorer, Japan’s Saori Ariyoshi and Aya Miyama, France’s Amandine Henry and the Americans Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Julie Johnson for the tournament’s top individual honour.

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Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan, Norway’s Ada Hegerberg and China’s Tang Jiali have been nominated for the young player award, which goes to the best player born after 1 July 1995.

The winners will be announced following Sunday’s World Cup final in Vancouver where the USA and defending champions Japan will clash for the title for the second time in succession.