{"id":517051,"date":"2026-07-23T07:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=517051"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:18:39","slug":"spains-pedro-porro-gives-world-cup-winners-medal-to-his-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/spains-pedro-porro-gives-world-cup-winners-medal-to-his-grandfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s Pedro Porro gives World Cup winner\u2019s medal to his grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain defender <strong>Pedro Porro<\/strong> fulfilled a heartfelt promise by giving his <strong>2026 FIFA World Cup winner\u2019s medal<\/strong> to his grandfather, Antonio, who supported him throughout his childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porro, who was named the tournament\u2019s <strong>Best Right Back<\/strong>, returned to his hometown of <strong>Don Benito, Spain<\/strong>, after helping Spain capture the World Cup title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tottenham defender scored two goals during the tournament, including a crucial strike in Spain\u2019s semifinal victory over France, and became a key player for head coach Luis de la Fuente after beginning the competition on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an emotional reunion, Porro presented the gold medal to his grandfather, who had accompanied him to training sessions when he was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holding the medal, Antonio became visibly emotional and said, \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. This is such a great honor\u2026 Now Grandpa has the medal here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain defender Pedro Porro fulfilled a heartfelt promise by giving his 2026 FIFA World Cup winner\u2019s medal to his grandfather, Antonio, who supported him throughout his childhood. Porro, who was named the tournament\u2019s Best Right Back, returned to his hometown of Don Benito, Spain, after helping Spain capture the World Cup title. The Tottenham defender [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":517054,"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":[],"class_list":["post-517051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-sports"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2avx","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/IMG_3165.webp","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\/IMG_3165.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517051","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=517051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}