Anger in Spain after soccer chief kisses a player at Women's World Cup ceremony
Posted on AllSides August 22nd, 2023
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Anger in Spain after soccer chief kisses a player at Women's World Cup ceremony Spain just won its first ever Women's World Cup, and celebrated with a huge party in Madrid on Monday. But the joy of its victory has been tempered by what happened during the medal ceremony: the head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation planting a kiss on the lips of one of Spain's players. Now, federation President Luis Rubiales is being roundly criticized, including by Spain's acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez. "It was an unacceptable gesture...