Spanish FA Chief Luis Rubiales' Mother Goes On Hunger Strike Over FIFA Women's World Cup 'Kiss' Controversy: Report

28.08.2023 - 13:03 sports.ndtv.com

Royal Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales' mother has locked herself inside a church and has announced a hunger strike following the controversy surrounding her son's conduct at the FIFA Women's World Cup final.

Rubiales kissed Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso after the team's historic victory over England and later, Hermoso said that the kiss was “against her consent”.

Rubiales has faced massive backlash from all circles and FIFA decided to hand him a 90-day suspension after 81 footballers decided to go on strike in response to the incident.

However, Rubiales' mother – Angeles Bejar – denied any wrongdoing on his part and criticised authorities for their “inhumane treatment”.

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MADRID: A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales, the state news agency Efe said on Friday. Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for kissing a player without consent after Spain won the recent Women’s World Cup final in Sydney. FIFA has already suspended Rubiales for 90 days while it studies the case. Spain is looking to remove him independently of the FIFA process. Rubiales is the president of the Spanish Football Federation and a vice president of UEFA. Efe said the legal panel said Rubiales’ behavior would be studied for two possible cases of serious misconduct. The government hoped the panel would recommend very serious misconduct, a category that would allow the state’s sport body to ban him provisionally with a view to eventually declaring him unfit to hold the job.

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