{"id":2012942,"date":"2023-08-26T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-suspends-spains-soccer-chief-luis-rubiales-over-kiss\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T11:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:22:38","slug":"fifa-suspends-spains-soccer-chief-luis-rubiales-over-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-suspends-spains-soccer-chief-luis-rubiales-over-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA suspends Spain&#8217;s soccer chief for kiss incident."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffifa-suspends-spains-soccer-chief-luis-rubiales-over-kiss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>MADRID (Reuters) \u200c- FIFA Suspends \u200cSpanish Federation \u200dChief Luis Rubiales for Unwanted Kiss Allegations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FIFA has suspended Spanish\u200b federation chief Luis Rubiales from all soccer-related activities for three months as it investigates allegations of an unwanted kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso after Spain\u2019s women won the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>His suspension\u2063 from national and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-suspends-spains-soccer-chief-luis-rubiales-over-kiss\/\" title=\"FIFA suspends Spain's soccer chief for kiss incident.\">international activities takes<\/a>\u200d immediate effect, world soccer\u2019s ruling \u200bbody said \u2062in a statement about the action taken by its disciplinary committee chief Jorge Ivan Palacio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-feminists-spanish-soccer-chief-wont-resign-over-on-field-kiss-of-female-world-cup-champ\/\" title=\"Spanish soccer chief refuses to resign after kissing female World Cup champion, labeled as \"fake feminists\".\">opened disciplinary proceedings<\/a> against Rubiales \u200bon\u2063 Thursday over his actions last Sunday in\u2062 Sydney. Rubiales said he would defend himself to prove his \u201ccomplete innocence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales, 46, has been\u2064 defiant over the kiss \u2013 which has been condemned as unwanted by Hermoso,\u200d her team mates\u200b and the Spanish government \u2013 \u2064arguing it was \u200bconsensual. Earlier on\u2062 Saturday the federation\u2063 he heads\u2064 had said it would stick by him.<\/p>\n<p>After the FIFA statement, a spokesperson for the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)\u2062 said: \u201cWe\u200b respect \u2062all\u2062 the pronouncements of FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement through the federation, Rubiales \u2063said: \u201cLuis Rubiales has stated that he will legally defend himself in the competent bodies, he fully trusts FIFA and reiterates \u2062that, in \u2062this way,\u2064 he is given the opportunity to begin his defence so that the truth prevails\u200c and his complete innocence is proven.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Gary Lineker, \u200ba former England and Barcelona \u2062player, summed up much of the public\u2062 reaction to the FIFA move, posting in \u200dSpanish on X, \u2063formerly known as Twitter:\u200b \u201cPor fin! \u200b(At last).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales played mainly in Spain\u2019s 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 \u200dfederation more transparent.<\/p>\n<p>Feminist groups staged demonstrations in\u2064 Madrid, Santander and Logrono\u2062 on Saturday calling for\u200b his \u200dresignation. <\/p>\n<p>Rubiales refused on Friday\u2064 to resign, seeking to defend his behaviour and calling the kiss \u2062\u201cspontaneous, mutual, euphoric \u2064and consensual\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hermoso said she did not consent to the kiss\u2064 and felt \u201cvulnerable \u2062and the victim of an aggression\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement\u200c hours before FIFA\u2019s move on Saturday, the\u200c federation\u2063 said it would\u2062 show there had been lies told about what happened by Hermoso or people speaking \u200dfor her. <\/p>\n<p>The statement, issued \u2062on the RFEF website, said it would take appropriate legal \u2064action to defend Rubiales\u2019 honour, but did \u2062not say\u2062 what the action would consist \u200bof.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government\u2063 cannot fire Rubiales but has strongly denounced his actions and said on \u200bFriday \u200cit was seeking to get him \u2063suspended using a legal procedure before a sports tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement sent via their FUTPRO union on Friday evening, all 23 of Spain\u2019s \u200dcup-winning squad including\u200c Hermoso, as well as 32 other squad members, said they\u200b would not play internationals while Rubiales\u2062 remained head \u2063of the \u2062federation.<\/p>\n<p>In the same statement, Hermoso denied Rubiales\u2019 contention that the \u2063kiss was \u200bconsensual, writing: \u200d\u201cI want to clarify that, as was seen in the images, at no time did I consent to the kiss he gave me \u2064and, of course, in no case did\u200d I \u200cseek to \u200blift the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018LEGAL ACTIONS\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 its statement early on Saturday, the federation said: \u201cThe RFEF and the president, given the seriousness of the content of the press release from the\u2064 FUTPRO \u200dUnion, will initiate the corresponding legal\u200b actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RFEF and the president will show each of the lies that are spread either by \u200dsomeone on behalf of the player or, if applicable, by\u2064 the \u200cplayer herself,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063statement was accompanied by four photos of the event last Sunday that it said\u2063 illustrated Rubiales\u2019 contention that\u2063 Hermoso\u200b lifted him by\u2063 the hips.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not immediately reach an \u2063official from FUTPRO for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Two of the women\u2019s team\u2019s sponsors \u2063expressed\u200d support for the players on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Iberia, part \u200bof International Consolidated Airlines Group, said: \u201cWhen \u200coffensive situations occur, inappropriate for a developed, modern and egalitarian society such as Spain\u2019s, Iberia supports the appropriate and pertinent\u200b measures that must be taken\u2062 to preserve the rights and dignity of athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Power\u200d company Iberdrola was \u200dquoted by Spanish news agency EFE as saying: \u201cWe observe with\u200d great concern the situation which has developed in the past few days which has tarnished the great victory of the national \u2062team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales had been widely expected to resign at the federation\u2019s emergency meeting on\u200d Friday. Instead he said repeatedly that he would not quit and complained that \u201cfalse feminists\u201d\u200c were \u201ctrying to kill me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Labour Minister Yolanda\u200b Diaz called his speech \u201cunacceptable\u201d. She wrote on social media: \u201cThe government must \u2064act \u200dand take urgent measures: impunity for macho actions is over. Rubiales cannot continue in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gender issues \u200bhave become a prominent topic in Spain in recent years. Tens of\u200d thousands of women have taken part in street marches protesting\u200b against sexual abuse and violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Socialist-led coalition government has presided over legal\u2062 reforms including around equal pay, abortion,\u2063 sex work and\u200d transgender rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/fifa-suspends-spains-soccer\/attachment\/spanish-soccer-federation-meeting-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/fifa-suspends-spains-soccer\/attachment\/spanish-soccer-federation-meeting-5\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>This\u200c Week in Review<\/h2>\n<p>This week has been filled with major headlines \u2064in the\u200b U.S.\u200d and around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas \u200dhas more in\u2064 our Week In\u200b Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Black Diversity Equity \u2062Inclusion Director Fired for Asking Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Tabia Lee, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-is-proposing-another-appliance-crackdown-ceiling-fans\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Plans New Ceiling Fan Regulations\">black diversity equity inclusion director<\/a> at a California college, \u2062says she was recently fired for \u200dasking questions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Trial Date\u200b to be Determined in Former President Trump\u2019s D.C. 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