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Sep 2023
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Luis Rubiales resignation: What next for...

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Spain won a historic victory at the Women’s World Cup, marking the country’s first ever win. But in the weeks since, there’s been nothing but controversy. On Sunday, that culminated in a highly-publicized resignation from head of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales. Calls for him to resign first started after he gave an unwanted kiss to player Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup. Now, with all eyes on Spanish football, how much further can Spain’s women football players get to scoring proper treatment? 

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This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, with Ashish Malhotra and our host Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

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Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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