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Norway dominates Thailand with 4-0 victory in Group B opener

Norway dominated Thailand, 4-0, to open Group B play at the Women's World Cup on Sunday.

No. 11-ranked Norway, the 1995 world champion, scored in the 15th minute when Trine Ronning bent a free kick around a wall of Thai defenders to beat goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing.

Isabell Herlovsen added a pair of goals five minutes apart, beating Boonsing in the 29th minute and heading in a crossing pass from Solveig Gulbrandsen in the 34th. Ada Hegerberg capped the scoring in the 68th minute.

The lowest-ranked team in the field at 67th, Thailand made the tournament after a steroid scandal involving five players from No.