Spain wins its first Women’s World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final

By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer

SYDNEY (AP) — Spain has 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 the final at Stadium Australia. Both teams were playing in the final for the first time. The triumph for Spain avenged a quarterfinal loss to eventual champion England in the European championship last year. La Roja’s first major international trophy made Spain the first European team to win the Women’s World Cup since Germany in 2007. Spain joins Germany as the only countries to win both men’s and women’s world titles.