The leader of Spain’s football federation marred the country’s Women’s World Cup victory after kissing a player on the lips during the medal ceremony, drawing criticism for inappropriate conduct in a sport that has struggled to overcome sexism.
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00:00 A moment of triumph for Spain's women's World Cup winning side, but one that was to be overshadowed
00:08 by an unsolicited kiss for player Jenny Hermoso from the president of the Spanish football
00:13 association Luis Rubiales.
00:16 He's now apologised.
00:17 "There's also something I have to regret, and that's everything that has happened between
00:25 a player and me, with a magnificent relationship between both, as well as with others, and
00:30 where I have surely made a mistake, I have to admit it, because at a moment of maximum
00:36 effusivity, without any bad intention, without any bad faith, well, what happened happened,
00:42 I think in a very spontaneous way."
00:45 The scandal arose after the ceremony following the women's World Cup final, where Spain had
00:50 beaten England 1-0.
00:52 Afterwards, Hermoso wrote on social media that she didn't like the kiss at all.
00:57 The Minister of Culture and Sport called Rubiales' behaviour unacceptable.
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