/ 30 August 2023

Spanish soccer turmoil reaches boiling point

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Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales has lost the support of his colleagues after initially giving him their backing. RFEF’s higher-ups asked Rubiales for his resignation on Monday after he was suspended by football’s international governing body, FIFA, over an unwanted kiss on the lips of Spanish Women’s World Cup player Jennifer Hermoso after the team’s win. She’s said he made her feel like a “victim of assault”. Rubiales has copped heavy criticism from around the world, and the heat was turned up this week when Spanish prosecutors launched an investigation. There’s no word from Rubiales on the latest developments, but RFEF officials have pledged to support interim president Pedro Rocha. One person still in Rubiales’s corner is his mum – she’s gone on a hunger strike over the “inhumane witch hunt” against him…

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