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UN Women welcomes FIFA action against Spanish football federation chief
UN Women issued a statement on Tuesday hailing the decision by the global football organization FIFA to suspend Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing star player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent, after the national team won the Women’s World Cup earlier this month. “UN Women, as a supporter of women’s…
Read MoreUNESCO ‘deeply saddened’ over death of football legend, Pelé
The UN education and culture organisation which champions the power of sport across the world, UNESCO, tweeted that it was “deeply saddened” at his passing, and extended condolences to the Brazilian people, and the wider “football family”. As a 17-year-old, Pelé won his first football or soccer World Cup, in 1958, going on to lift the…
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