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Spain beats England, 1-0, for first Women's World Cup title


SYDNEY, August 22 ------ 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.


Source: spin.ph

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