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Washington (AFP) - US soccer icon Megan Rapinoe paid silent tribute Thursday to a fellow sports star -- basketballer Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia -- during a White House awards ceremony. 

The soccer player was one of 17 recipients to receive the award

‘Today, she adds to her medal count of 32 – I don’t know if you’re going to find room,’ President Biden said as he honoured the Olympian

Medal of Freedom recipients include advocates for gun control and civil rights, plus former Republican senators who worked across the aisle.

Monterrey (Mexico) (AFP) - They may be considered international minnows, but women footballers from Haiti hope to finally make their mark on the world stage, helped by their experience playing professionally in Europe.

Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Megan Rapinoe was having lunch with the rest of the women's national soccer team when her cellphone buzzed. It was the White House, the caller ID said.

Gymnastics star Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late tech visionary Steve Jobs have been named as recipients of America's highest civilian honor, the White House said Friday. President Joe Biden designated 17 Americans to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, three of them posthumous, The Associated Press said.…

Biden’s honors list includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy.