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The head of the Spanish Football Federation apologized Monday for kissing a soccer player on the lips after her team won the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, provoking near immediate condemnation from fellow soccer players and social media users alike, in the latest affront in a sport that has seen multiple sexual misconduct allegations in recent years.
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Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, apologized for the kiss in a video posted Monday, translated by AFP, saying he needed to “take more care” when representing the federation but also saying that he thought the outrage over the incident was “idiotic.”
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