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Spain's World Cup winners end boycott of national team

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Spain's World Cup winning-squad agreed to end their boycott of the national team after the country's football federation (RFEF) said it would make "immediate and profound changes" to its structure.The decision was reached after more than seven hours of meetings at a hotel in Oliva, an hour from Valencia, involving the players, RFEF officials, the National Sports Council (CSD) and the women's players' union FUTPRO.The players had said they would not represent Spain until there were further changes at the federation, deepening a crisis that started after former (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the World Cup presentation ceremony."A joint commission will be created between RFEF, CSD and players to follow up on the agreements, which will be signed tomorrow," CSD President Victor Francos told reporters."The players have expressed their concern about the need for profound changes in the RFEF, which has committed to making these changes immediately."Neither Francos nor Rafael del Amo, president of the RFEF committee for women's football, would elaborate on the changes to be made, only saying they would be announced "soon"."The players see it as a rapprochement of positions.

It is the beginning of a long road ahead of us," FUTPRO president Amanda Gutierrez told reporters."Once again, they have shown themselves to be coherent and the vast majority have decided to stay for the sake of this agreement."After most of the Women's World Cup winners were selected for upcoming games, the players said in a joint statement they would take the "best decision" for their future and health after they studied the legal implications of being included in a squad list they had asked to be left out.They argued the

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