{"id":2027781,"date":"2023-09-11T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminists-declare-victory-as-spain-soccer-chief-resigns-over-kiss\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:27:11","slug":"feminists-declare-victory-as-spain-soccer-chief-resigns-over-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminists-declare-victory-as-spain-soccer-chief-resigns-over-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain soccer chief resigns following controversy over kiss, feminists claim victory."},"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\">22<\/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%2Ffeminists-declare-victory-as-spain-soccer-chief-resigns-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=2027781&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>\n<h2>Spanish Football Federation Chief Resigns Amid Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>Spanish football <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-pm-sold-out-fish-in-brexit-trade-deal-fishermen-say\/\" title=\"British PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal, fishermen say\">federation<\/a> chief Luis<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>quit his post on Sunday after three weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">scandal<\/a> over allegations he\u200d gave an unsolicited kiss \u200cto a player on the women&#8217;s national team as they celebrated\u200c their World Cup victory\u2062 last month.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Rubiales <\/span>announced his resignation in a statement in which he said his position had become untenable, with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) later confirming he had sent a\u2063 resignation letter to acting president Pedro Rocha.<\/p>\n<p>His kiss of player Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup win in Sydney \u2064on Aug. 20\u2062 had caused outrage among\u2062 players, government officials, and many in wider Spanish society\u2062 and raised questions over sexism in sport.<\/p>\n<p>His\u2064 decision to go \u2064came \u200cafter further blows to his position in \u2062the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>A Spanish prosecutor filed \u2062a complaint \u200dwith the High \u200dCourt against<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>on Friday for sexual assault and coercion.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint\u2014which came after Hermoso opted earlier in the week \u2063to lodge a criminal complaint over the incident\u2014describes how<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>kissed Hermoso on the mouth \u200b&#8221;without her consent&#8221; while holding\u2063 her head with both hands after Spain defeated England to clinch the World\u200d Cup.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Rubiales <\/span>has said the kiss was mutual and consensual, and had until Sunday defied calls\u2064 from\u200d players, government officials, and others for him to resign.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Rubiales <\/span>had also been suspended for three months from all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-wants-in-on-china-announces-international-home-marketing-program\/\" title=\"NFL Wants In On China, Announces International Home Marketing Program\">football activities<\/a> by FIFA\u200c pending an \u2062investigation by soccer&#8217;s\u2063 world governing\u200c body into his actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the rapid suspension carried out by FIFA, plus the\u2062 rest of the proceedings opened \u200dagainst me,\u2063 it is clear that I\u200d will not be able to return to my position,&#8221;<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>said in his \u200dstatement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Insisting on waiting and clinging &#8230; is \u2064not \u2062going to contribute anything positive, neither to the Federation nor to Spanish football. Among other\u200d things, because there are de \u200cfacto powers that will prevent my return,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had also stepped down as a\u2063 vice president of European soccer body UEFA. He posted his statement on X, the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-blocks-republican-senate-candidate-jim-lamons-super-bowl-ad\/\" title=\"Facebook Blocks Republican Senate Candidate Jim Lamon\u2019s Super Bowl Ad\">social media platform previously<\/a> known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reached out to\u200c Hermoso&#8217;s representative\u200b for comment on<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales<\/span>&#8216; resignation, and they did not return the telephone call.<\/p>\n<p>Hermoso, Spain&#8217;s all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminists-declare-victory-as-spain-soccer-chief-resigns-over-kiss\/\" title=\"Spain soccer chief resigns following controversy over kiss, feminists claim victory.\">-time top\u2062 scorer<\/a> with 51 goals, currently plays at Mexican top-tier side Pachuca, where she moved in June 2022 following\u200b her second spell at\u2064 Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish government ministers, who\u200d had been\u200d solidly\u2064 behind Hermoso and others calling for<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales \u2063 <\/span>to go, celebrated his departure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The feminist country is advancing faster and faster,&#8221; Spain&#8217;s acting Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz \u2064posted on \u2064X \u2064after news of<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales<\/span>&#8216; resignation. &#8220;The\u2063 transformation and improvement of our lives is inevitable. We are\u2064 with you,\u200c Jenni, and with \u2062all women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s over,&#8221; said Spain&#8217;s Equality Minister Irene Montero.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Spanish Football Federation said in a \u200cstatement \u200bthat<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>had\u2063 resigned as its president and also as a vice-president of UEFA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been made known to the federal entity\u2063 through a letter \u200dto [acting RFEF president] \u2063 Pedro Rocha Junco,&#8221; the RFEF statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish women&#8217;s players&#8217; union FUTPRO did not immediately respond\u200b to Reuters&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2063he\u2063 stepped down as boss of the federation,<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales <\/span>continued to defend his version of events.<\/p>\n<p>A message posted with his statement on Sunday said,\u200d &#8220;I will\u200d defend my\u2062 honor. I will defend \u2062my innocence. I have faith in the\u200c future. I have faith in the truth.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with journalist Piers Morgan on Sunday,<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Rubiales\u200c <\/span>added he made the decision to resign\u2063 having \u2062talked with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luis, you have to focus on your dignity \u200band continue your life.\u200d [Otherwise] you will\u2063 probably be hurting more\u2062 people you love\u2063 and the sport you love,&#8221;\u2064 he\u200d quoted them as saying.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska, Tommy Lund \u2064in Gdansk; editing by Toby Davis, Frances Kerry and Aislinn Laing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/spain\/\" title=\"View all posts in Spain\"><\/p>\n<p>        Spain<br \/>\n  \u2063<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales resigned on Sunday following a three-week scandal. Accused of giving an unsolicited kiss to a player on the women&#8217;s national team during their World Cup victory celebration, Rubiales stated that his position had become untenable, leading to his decision to step down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2027782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}