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Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault and fined over €10k for World Cup kiss

News Desk20th February 202514th March 2025

20th February 202514th March 20251185

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), was found guilty of sexually assaulting player Jenni Hermoso on Thursday after forcibly...

Hermoso: unsolicited kiss from Rubiales ‘stained one of the happiest days of my life’

News Desk3rd February 202510th February 2025

3rd February 202510th February 20251229

Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso testified in court on Monday that she did not give consent for the kiss from the disgraced former president of the...

February trial date set for Luis Rubiales over forced kiss at World Cup

News Desk17th June 202424th June 2024

17th June 202424th June 20241604

A trial date has been set in February for the disgraced former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for his unsolicited kiss...

Judge confirms Rubiales will stand trial for kiss on player after Women’s World Cup final

News Desk9th May 202415th May 2024

9th May 202415th May 20241562

A Spanish judge confirmed on Wednesday that the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, will stand trial on charges of sexual...

Spanish prosecutors seek 2.5 year sentence for Rubiales’ World Cup kiss and coercion

News Desk28th March 20244th April 2024

28th March 20244th April 20241473

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence of two-and-a-half years for the country’s disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales, who is facing trial for kissing Spain...

Luis Rubiales to face trial for kissing Jenni Hermoso at Women’s World Cup

News Desk25th January 202430th January 2024

25th January 202430th January 20242117

Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), will face trial for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent during...

Hermoso gives testimony in sexual assault case after kiss at World Cup final

News Desk3rd January 20248th January 2024

3rd January 20248th January 20241425

Jenni Hermoso, the Spanish player forcibly kissed on the lips by the former president of the country’s football federation at the Women’s World Cup Final, appeared in...

‘Protect me from what?’ asks Hermoso, as striking players arrive reluctantly for training

Sports Desk19th September 202326th September 2023

19th September 202326th September 20231489

Some of Spain’s World Cup-winning players started reporting to training camp on Tuesday despite not wanting to be called up for the national team while...

Spain’s new coach calls up majority of World Cup winners, despite them being on strike

Sports Desk18th September 202324th September 2023

18th September 202324th September 20231557

New Spain coach Montse Tomé has called up the majority of the Women’s World Cup winning players into her squad for the upcoming Nations League matches, despite...

Spanish women’s team coach Vilda sacked, amid Rubiales controversy

Sports Desk5th September 202311th September 2023

5th September 202311th September 20232147

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) fired the women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women’s...

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