FIFA suspends Rubiales from football after unsolicited kiss - ESPN

FIFA has provisionally suspended Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), from all football-related activities for 90 days following his unsolicited kiss on Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup final.

Despite growing pressure throughout the week, including FIFA opening disciplinary proceedings on Thursday, Rubiales refused to resign on Friday, saying that the kiss was «mutual and with consent.»

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Hermoso replied in a statement later in the day, refuting Rubiales' version of events and saying she «felt vulnerable and the victim of aggression, an impulsive, sexist act which was out of place and with no consent on my behalf.»

FIFA, world football's governing body, said Saturday: «The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, Jorge Ivan Palacio (Colombia), in use of the powers granted by article 51 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC), has decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level.

»This suspension, which will be effective as of today, is for an initial period of 90 days, pending the disciplinary proceedings opened against Mr. Luis Rubiales on Thursday, Aug. 24.

«Likewise, the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and in order to preserve, among other factors, the fundamental rights of the national team player Ms. Jennifer Hermoso and the good order of the disciplinary proceedings before this disciplinary body, has issued two additional directives (article 7 FDC) by which he orders Mr. Luis Rubiales to refrain, through himself or third parties, from contacting or attempting to contact the professional player of the Spanish national