MADRID, Aug 27 — Spain’s football federation will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow as its president, Luis Rubiales, faces a Fifa suspension and a storm of criticism over...
MADRID, Aug 27 — Spain’s football federation will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow as its president, Luis Rubiales, faces a Fifa suspension and a storm of criticism over allegations he gave a player an unwanted kiss on the lips after Spain won the Women’s World Cup.
Global football’s governing body Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against Rubiales on Thursday and announced on Saturday he had been suspended for three months from national and international football activities pending an investigation.Rubiales played mainly in Spain’s second division in a career spanning 12 years. When he was elected to lead the RFEF in 2018, he promised to modernise its structure, increase turnover and make the federation more transparent.
Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz is due tomorrow to meet representatives of the women’s players’ union Futpro, which represented Hermoso, and the Association of Spanish Footballers to ensure football is a sector “that has decent conditions and spaces free of sexist violence”. She was applauded by the crowd when she was spotted on a balcony with dignitaries at the Women’s Cup final between Atletico Madrid and Milan on Saturday evening. Players at the match held a banner reading: “With you Jennifer Hermoso.”
On Saturday, 11 members of the women’s team’s coaching staff offered their resignations to the RFEF in a statement supporting Hermoso and condemning Rubiales. Coach Jorge Vilda said on Saturday he regretted the “inappropriate behaviour” of Rubiales.
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