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

News Desk28th March 20244th April 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

‘Harassment, assault … denigrating Spanish sport’ – pressure grows on Rubiales to resign

News Desk23rd August 20232nd September 2023

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The Spanish government has demanded transparency and urgent action from the country’s Football Federation (RFEF) against its president, Luis Rubiales, over his forced kiss on