Borja Iglesias refuses to play for Spain in protest over Luis Rubiales

Spain striker Borja Iglesias has quit the national team after federation president Luis Rubiales refused to resign following his unsolicited kiss on the lips of Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup.

Rubiales provoked outrage by grabbing Hermoso and kissing her during the medal ceremony after Spain beat England 1-0 to triumph in the final in Sydney on Sunday.

"As a player and as a person I do not feel represented by what happened," Real Betis forward Iglesias posted on social network X.

"Wearing the Spain shirt is one of the best things that has happened to me in my career.

"I don't know if in another moment I will be available again, but I have taken the decision not to return to the national team until things change, and these type of acts don't go unpunished.

He added he was acting "for a more just, human and decent football".

In refusing to stand down on Friday, Rubiales said in a defensive and fiery speech at a football federation emergency meeting that he was suffering a public "assassination" and railed against what he described as "false feminism".

The federation president claimed his kiss was "mutual, euphoric and consensual".