UPDATED: Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by the sport’s global governing body FIFA, following a controversial kissing incident that took place ...

The fallout continued for Spanish Football Federation president ... his position on Friday as the backlash over the unsolicited kiss he placed on Jenni Hermoso during the 2023 FIFA Women’s ...

Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales refused to resign Friday after a week of heavy criticism for his unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso following Spain's Women's World Cup win.

The kiss and its aftermath have stirred debate ... But he eventually rose through the ranks off the field — first becoming the chief of the Spanish players’ association in 2010 and eventually ...

Rubiales has called the kiss consensual ... and an investigation into the chief’s behavior. Rubiales was suspended for 90 days by FIFA, and the Spanish women’s soccer team coach has been ...

Luis Rubiales, the Spanish Football Federation chief, told an emergency general ... Rubiales claimed the kiss was “mutual and with the consent” of Jennifer Hermoso, the player he kissed ...

On Aug. 20, 2023, in Sydney, Australia, following Spain’s victory over England, Rubiales kissed forward Jennifer Hermoso on the lips as the Spanish national ... saying the kiss was unwanted.

In a further sign of support for Rubiales slipping away, the Spanish Football Federation withdrew on Saturday an earlier accusation that Hermoso had lied about the kiss. Also, having applauded ...

The uproar over the kiss, he told CNN ... His uncle, and former chief of staff, Juan Rubiales, told Spanish newspaper El Mundo that he had witnessed his nephew using RFEF funds to host private ...

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MADRID, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Spanish football federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales plans to resign on Friday after FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against him over his unsolicited kiss on ...