{
  "id": 7046635,
  "title": "US survive Spain scare to book World Cup final clash with France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/us-survive-spain-scare-to-book-world-cup-final-clash-with-france",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T02:41:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/09/1531624/us-survive-spain-scare-book-world-cup-final-clash-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States advanced to the women's basketball World Cup final after a 76-66 victory over Spain in Berlin on Saturday. The Americans, who have won 35 consecutive matches at the tournament, outscored Spain by 10 points in the final period to clinch their spot in the championship game. Spain, who had reached the 2014 final against the United States, tied the game at 58-all at the end of the third quarter. Breanna Stewart and Kahleah Copper led the way for the US with 16 and 13 points respectively. The US will face France in the final, a rematch of the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal match, which the Americans won by one point.",
  "summary": "BERLIN: The United States will take on France in the final of the women’s basketball World Cup after a 76-66 win over Spain in the semi-finals in Berlin on Saturday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "France tops host Germany 86-64 to reach women's FIBA World Cup final against US or Spain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/france-tops-host-germany-86-64-to-reach-womens-fiba-world-cup-final",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:19:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "France tops host Germany 86-64 to reach women’s FIBA World Cup final against US or Spain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/france-tops-host-germany-86-64-to-reach-womens-fiba-world-cup-final-6951198",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:20:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France beats Germany to reach first women's World Cup basketball final",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/france-beats-germany-to-reach-first-womens-world-cup-basketball-final",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:29:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "U.S. women beat Spain 76-66 to reach the FIBA World Cup final against France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/u-s-women-beat-spain-76-66-to-reach-the-fiba-world-cup-final-against",
        "published": "2026-09-12T20:41:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "USA edge Spain to book Women’s Basketball World Cup final against France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/usa-edge-spain-to-book-womens-basketball-world-cup-final-against",
        "published": "2026-09-12T22:10:18.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}