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Spain’s victorious Women’s World Cup stars receive royal welcome on return to Madrid

Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has admitted he "made a mistake" by giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips after the 33-year-old received her gold medal following the team's Women's World Cup final victory over England on Sunday.

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Spanish soccer chief apologizes for giving Women’s World Cup winner an unwanted kiss on the lips

Spain's team celebrate with the trophy after the final of Women's World Cup soccer between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.

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Spain celebrates ‘indescribable’ Women’s World Cup victory

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in 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 Maddie Meyer - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

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Spain was competing in a Women's World Cup final for the first time.

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Spain wins Women’s World Cup for the first time, deservedly beating England in Sydney

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Australia’s fairytale home Women’s World Cup ends in defeat to Sweden in third-place playoff

Spain coach Jorge Vilda before the match. Soccer Football - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Semi Final - Spain v Sweden - Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand - August 15, 2023

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Spain’s women make history at the Women’s World Cup against a backdrop of turmoil and dispute

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First Nations soccer advisers threaten to quit if the Women’s World Cup doesn’t free more funding

FIFA President Gianni Infantino watches the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup semi-final football match between Australia and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Michelle Akers-Stahl (C) who scored two goals for the US to win the first FIFA World Championship for Women's Football on November 30, 1991, holds the trophy together with teammates Julie Foudy (L) and Carin Jennings (R). The US won the championship by beating Norway 2-1. The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA. Contested every four years, the first Women's World Cup tournament, named the Women's World Championship, was held in 1991, sixty-one years after the men's first FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930AFP PHOTO TOMMY CHENG (Photo credit should read TOMMY CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)

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The history makers and the groundbreakers: how the US became women’s soccer’s dominant force

Cedella Marley (C bottom) poses with Jamaica Women's football team 'Reggae Girlz' after the friendly football match Jamaica vs Panama at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on May 19, 2019. - In Jamaica, the spirit of Bob Marley is inescapable: it permeates the Caribbean island nation, even its football pitches -- a sign of the late reggae legend's passion for the sport. After Marley's death, his children picked up the torch -- and the country's women's team, who have qualified for their first-ever World Cup this summer in France, owe a lot to the musician's daughter Cedella. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Bob Marley instilled a love of soccer in his daughter, Cedella. Now she’s changing the lives of women and girls in Jamaica

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Female soccer players earn 25 cents to the dollar of men at World Cup, new CNN analysis finds

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American Emma Navarro mounts dramatic comeback to reach her first US Open semifinal

Iranian athlete Morteza Mehrzad (top C) poses for a picture with his teammates during a training session of Iran's national sitting volleyball team in Tehran on July 20, 2024 ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Iran's sitting volleyball star, Morteza Mehrzad, has battled countless challenges due to his towering height, but now he's ready to help propel his team to another victory at the Paris Paralympics. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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