Last updated on .From the section Women's World CupSpain captain Olga Carmona, who scored her country's winner in the Women's World Cup final, was told after the game that her father had died. The Real Madrid left-back's father had been fighting a long illness and died on Friday, Reuters reported. A gold star is added to the shirt of the winners of a World Cup, above the national team crest, every time they win the trophy. "The RFEF deeply regrets to announce the death of Olga Carmona's father," the Spanish Football Association (RFEF) wrote on social media. "The footballer learned the sad news after the World Cup final.

Source: BBC August 21, 2023 03:33 UTC