{"id":516313,"date":"2026-07-20T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=516313"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:55:36","slug":"video-nico-williams-gives-his-world-cup-medal-to-his-mother-after-spains-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/video-nico-williams-gives-his-world-cup-medal-to-his-mother-after-spains-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Nico Williams gives his World Cup medal to his mother after Spain&#8217;s victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain forward Nico Williams shared one of the most emotional moments of the 2026 FIFA World Cup celebrations by giving his winners&#8217; medal to his mother moments after lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the medal ceremony, Williams walked directly to the stands and placed the medal around his mother&#8217;s neck, drawing applause from fans and teammates alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gesture carried special meaning given his family&#8217;s journey to Spain. Williams&#8217; mother left Ghana in 1994 and crossed part of the Sahara Desert in search of a better future before eventually settling in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The emotional exchange quickly went viral on social media, with many praising the footballer&#8217;s tribute to the sacrifices his mother made for their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final to claim the nation&#8217;s second world title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Nico Williams es campe\u00f3n del mundo. Y tras la premiaci\u00f3n, va directo a la tribuna a entregarle la medalla a su madre. Ella, que en 1994 sali\u00f3 de Ghana y cruz\u00f3 parte del Sahara para poder llegar a Espa\u00f1a en busca de nuevas oportunidades.<br><br>Una campeona m\u00e1s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfwt2vMVst\">pic.twitter.com\/sfwt2vMVst<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Juez Central (@Juezcentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Juezcentral\/status\/2079050900631396845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain forward Nico Williams shared one of the most emotional moments of the 2026 FIFA World Cup celebrations by giving his winners&#8217; medal to his mother moments after lifting the trophy. Following the medal ceremony, Williams walked directly to the stands and placed the medal around his mother&#8217;s neck, drawing applause from fans and teammates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":516315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943,6],"tags":[43648],"class_list":["post-516313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-sports","tag-fifa-world-cup"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2ajD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-07-20-115307.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football","Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-07-20-115307.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}