--- description: TIME's Rebecca Gitlitz and Sean Gregory discuss Spain's World Cup win and how women athletes continue to be underrepresented changemakers. title: Spain’s World Cup Win Highlights Fight for Progress image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1813fb3ea47ebf6f/698a405516d884a17fc3c371/GettyImages-1626169819-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [World Cup](/tag/world-cup/) ## World Cup Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spain's World Cup Win is a Reminder of How Women's Sports are Still Fighting for Progress by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Jeannie Kopstein](/author/jeannie-kopstein/) Sep 12, 2023 8:46 PM CUT  SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: the players of the spanisch womens national team celebrate on stage after winning the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Phil Radoslovich/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: the players of the spanisch womens national team celebrate on stage after winning the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Phil Radoslovich/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)DeFodi Images via Getty Images—2023 DeFodi Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) and [Jeannie Kopstein](/author/jeannie-kopstein/) Sep 12, 2023 8:46 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6313434/spain-world-cup-womens-sports/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6313434/spain-world-cup-womens-sports/"},"headline":"Spain's World Cup Win is a Reminder of How Women's Sports are Still Fighting for Progress","datePublished":"2023-09-12T20:46:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:17:35.808Z","description":"TIME's Rebecca Gitlitz and Sean Gregory discuss Spain's World Cup win and how women athletes are underrepresented changemakers.","url":"https://time.com/6313434/spain-world-cup-womens-sports/","keywords":["World Cup","News","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1813fb3ea47ebf6f/698a405516d884a17fc3c371/GettyImages-1626169819-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeannie Kopstein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeannie-kopstein/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1813fb3ea47ebf6f/698a405516d884a17fc3c371/GettyImages-1626169819-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023","caption":"Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023","creditText":"DeFodi Images via Getty Images—2023 DeFodi Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/world-cup/","name":"World Cup"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6313434/spain-world-cup-womens-sports/","name":"Spain's World Cup Win is a Reminder of How Women's Sports are Still Fighting for Progress"}}]}] ```