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All 23 of Spain's cup-winning squad including Hermoso, as well as dozens of other squad members, said on Friday they would not play internationals while Rubiales remained head of the federation.
All 23 players on Spain’s cup-winning squad including Hermoso, as well as dozens of other squad members, said on Friday they would not play internationals while Rubiales remained head of the federation.
Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/08/28/rubiales-mother-goes-on-hunger-strike-in-spain-over-hunt-on-son/
Asked if Rubiales should go, Sánchez said that it was not his call to make because the Spanish soccer federation is not controlled by the government.
Coach Jorge Vilda, one of his closest allies, was sacked on Tuesday, 10 days after FIFA suspended Rubiales for his behaviour that has sparked outrage in Spain and abroad.
Defiant Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales says World Cup kiss consensual and shouts ‘I am not resigning’
European football’s governing body UEFA, for whom Rubiales is an executive committee member and a vice-president, has so far offered no comment.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2023/08/24/fifa-probe-kiss-spain-luis-rubiales/
Facing his possible removal from office, Rubiales refused to step down despite the uproar he caused with the kiss, which happened during a medals ceremony last Sunday after the Women's World Cup final in Sydney, Australia.
Source: https://abc13.com/jenni-hermoso-spain-football-kiss-rubiales-president/13700524/
Fifa, however, did not invoke its version of the rules against government interference to protect Rubiales.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso-kiss-b2400981.html
Following his actions, Rubiales found himself heavily criticised on social media, with ‘dimision ya’ – ‘resign now’ trending on Twitter in Spain.
Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/rubiales-resigns-spain-fa-kissing-30766552
Football’s governing body is investigating allegations that Luis Rubiales kissed a star player without her consent.
Football’s world governing body has also ordered Rubiales or any representative of the federation (RFEF) to refrain from attempting to contact Hermoso.
Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales must appear in court on Friday in connection with the investigation into his forcible kiss on Jenni Hermoso's lips after the Women's World Cup final.
Getty Images World governing body Fifa, don suspend Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales, from.
Hermoso issued a statement Friday strongly rebuking Rubiales' characterization of the kiss as consensual, while the 46-year-old federation president cast himself as the victim at an emergency meeting of the federation in Madrid.
“I clarify that at no time did the conversation occur which Luis Rubiales referred to, and his kiss was not consensual.
If Spain’s Administrative Court for Sports agrees to hear the suit, the council would suspend Rubiales temporarily pending the court’s ruling, Francos said.
In a complex situation, Spain’s government – via its Higher Council for Sports – filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Rubiales violated the country’s sports laws through sexist acts.
In an Instagram video filmed in the dressing room after the incident, the Spanish team could be seen laughing while re-watching Rubiales kiss Hermoso.
In the days that have followed, Rubiales has refused to resign and defiantly told an emergency assembly of his federation on Friday that he was the victim of a 'witch hunt' by 'false feminists.'
It comes after the embattled Spanish FA (RFEF) threatened legal action after brazenly accusing Hermoso of 'lies' following her insistence that she did not consent to being kissed by president Rubiales.