Soccer World Cup

Spain Wins its First Women’s World Cup Title, Beating England 1-0 in the Final

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Spain’s Olga Carmona celebrates after scoring her side’s opening goal during the Women’s World Cup soccer final between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia on Sunday.

21:09 JST, August 20, 2023

SYDNEY (AP) — Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona’s first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in Sunday’s final.

Both teams were playing in the final for the first time. The win gave the Spanish women their first major international trophy and avenged a quarterfinal loss to eventual champion England in the European championship last year.

The Lionesses went into the final unbeaten and aiming to bring a World Cup back to England for the first time since 1966.

England goalkeeper Mary Earps made a stunning save to Jenni Hermoso’s penalty kick in the 70th after Keira Walsh was penalized for a hand ball on a VAR review.