The player’s defense disagrees with the High Court ruling, which fined Luis Rubiales €10,800 for sexual assault over non-consensual kiss on the lips at the World Cup 2023, but let him off on a separate charge
The judge imposes a fine of €10,800 on the former president of the RFEF and issues a restraining order prohibiting him from coming within 200 meters of the player
The former president of the RFEF appeared in court Monday as part of Operation Brody and said the federation did not pay commissions to Gerard Piqué
According to several studies, men apologize much less than women… and they’re not very good at it. Their threshold for what’s offensive is higher and, furthermore, society doesn’t expect them to say sorry
Spain’s former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales and ex-player Gerard Piqué negotiated the €44 million deal in 2019, recently extended until 2029
State prosecutors accused Rubiales of sexual assault and for allegedly trying to coerce player Jenni Hermoso to publicly support him in the public backlash against him
The incident sparked outrage across the soccer world and ignited one of the worst crises in the history of the sport in Spain
The millions for which Jon Rahm has sold himself to Saudi Arabia hide imprisoned and tortured citizens, executed minors, women sentenced to perpetual confinement and enslaved foreign workers
The World Cup winner player had to go through ‘difficult weeks’ after seeing herself in the epicenter of one of the worst crises in Spanish soccer
The former Spanish soccer federation president will not be allowed to carry out any activity related to the sport
The tournament will also feature matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to mark the centenary of the first World Cup in 1930
The former president of the Spanish Football Federation insists the kiss he planted on the Spain player in Australia was consensual
Social networks have increasingly become a tool to organize and demonstrate, but so much fervor might be blurring the significance of the mobilizations
The Spanish national team returns to action for the first time since the World Cup and after a month spent fighting for women’s rights after the Luis Rubiales case
The RFEF has dismissed general secretary Andreu Camps, a staunch ally of the former president, with more sackings to follow after the World Cup champions issued a list of executives they want removed
Only two players opted to leave the team’s training camp after receiving guarantees from the government that they would not be sanctioned
The resignation of Luis Rubiales over a non-consensual kiss at the World Cup was the result of a merger of forces, from street protesters to politicians, judges, and society at large
He resigned late Sunday following weeks of relentless pressure after the Spanish soccer federation president kissed a player on the lips without her consent during the trophy ceremony in Australia last month
‘After my swift suspension by FIFA, and the rest of the cases building against me, it is clear that I cannot return to the post,’ Rubiales said in a statement
Prosecutors presented their case for potential criminal charges against Luis Rubiales to Spain’s National Court in Madrid two days after Jenni Hermoso formally accused him of sexual assault
The captain of the Spanish national team talks about the statement in which the squad members condemned Luis Rubiales’ behavior
The World Cup-winning midfielder has filed an accusation with state prosecutors against the suspended chief of the Spanish Football Federation. The move could lead to a criminal case
Pedro Rocha, interim president of the Spanish soccer federation, dismisses the manager of the recently crowned world champions, the first victim of the tsunami unleashed after Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss to Jennifer Hermoso
Luis de la Fuente apologized one week after he clapped several times during an emergency general assembly of the Spanish soccer federation when Rubiales refused to step down after he forcibly kissed a player at the Women’s World Cup
‘We cannot allow the abuse of power in a working environment or disrespect,’ the soccer player said on stage. ‘To all women who are suffering the same thing as Jenni, we’re with you’
Between tributes and celebrations for their historic triumph in Australia, the 23 members of La Roja’s squad seek a return to normality amid the Luis Rubiales case
Even as the conduct of the most powerful man in Spanish soccer robbed global attention from the new world champions, Spain is taking steps to turn the crisis into a reckoning into the sexism that exists in the sport