The winner of the 2019 Golden Ball from France Football, the US football player Megan Rapino proposed to her girlfriend - the famous basketball player, four-time Olympic champion and the women's NBA Sue Bird.

35-year-old Rapino and 40-year-old Byrd said that they met back in 2017, and now the couple decided to legalize the relationship.

A romantic photo in which Rapino puts a ring on his beloved's finger, Byrd posted on Instagram. The fans were very happy with this news and showered the happy couple with compliments and congratulations..

For a basketball player, this is the first same-sex relationship, while Rapino announced long ago that she was a lesbian.. In 2012, Meghan was even engaged to singer Sera Kahun..

Earlier TSN Prosport reported that one of the best football referees in Norway admitted that he was gay.