US women's basketball team narrowly beats Italy at World Cup

The United States women's national basketball team faced Italy on Sunday at the Basketball World Cup and secured a victory only with considerable difficulty.

The game proved far more challenging than fans have come to expect from the American squad, which has recently been on an impressive run of international victories.

Italy put up strong resistance throughout the match, forcing the US players to fight hard for the win, though in the end the American team managed to keep its positive results streak in the tournament intact.

Further details about the course of the game and the final score were not specified in the source report.