(Reuters) - Spanish football federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by world soccer governing body FIFA after he ...
- Spanish football federation President Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by world soccer governing body FIFA after he grabbed player Jenni Hermoso's head and kissed her on the lips following Spain's victory at the Women's World Cup."The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, Jorge Ivan Palacio... has decided today to provisionally suspend Mr Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level."The chairman...
"And I regret that people aren't talking about the historic achievement of winning the World Cup," he said, in remarks posted by the club on X, formerly known as Twitter."There has been a complete lack of accountability and it is now up to international bodies such as FIFA and UEFA, or the Spanish government, to try and resolve these issues and ask whether those in charge at the Spanish FA are fit to lead.
"At last... Such a disgrace that one awful bloke has taken all the attention away from the Spanish women's wonderful achievement," he said in a series of posts on X."Good. But still silence from UEFA. No solidarity. No comment on the behaviour of their vice-president. "Same UEFA whose president did not attend the Women's World Cup final where both teams represented the region. These are the same people in charge of leading the future of women's football."
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