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☆ Ex-Spanish FA chief Rubiales banned three years over kiss scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The suspension was imposed following the allegedly non-consensual kiss Rubiales gave to Spain player Jenni Hermoso after this year's Women's World Cup final in which Spain beat England. The "kiss-gate" scandal completely overshadowed what was a momentous moment for Spanish women's soccer and blew up into a sexism storm that attracted global headlines. Rubiales resigned in September from his position as RFEF president, saying his position had become untenable. "Mr Rubiales has been notified of the terms of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s decision today," FIFA said. "Women's football stuck together on this and it's the right outcome."

Persons: Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Susana Vera, Luis Rubiales, Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Hermoso, Mr Rubiales, Sue Smith, Trevor Stynes, Martyn Herman, Fernando Kallas, Ed Osmond Organizations: Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spanish Football Association, Spain, England, FIFA, Reuters, FIFA Appeal, Sky Sports, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Spanish

☆ Luis Rubiales: FIFA bans Rubiales from ‘all football-related activities’ for three years after unwanted kiss on Jennifer Hermoso
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, has banned Luis Rubiales – the former president of the Spanish Football Association (RFEF) – from all football-related activities for three years over his unwanted kiss on Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning star player Jennifer Hermoso. In a statement released on Monday, FIFA said Rubiales’ actions during the medal ceremony at the Women’s World Cup final in August was in breach of article 13 of its disciplinary code. FIFA said the decision remained subject to a possible appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee. The fallout over Rubiales’ behaviour triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer and sparked condemnation in Spain and across the world. Following weeks of fierce criticism, Rubiales resigned last month as the country’s soccer president.

Persons: Luis Rubiales –, Jennifer Hermoso, Rubiales Organizations: CNN — FIFA, Spanish Football Association, FIFA, FIFA Appeal Locations: Spanish, Spain

☆ Spain’s Women’s Team Demands Full Reorganization of National Federation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Rachel Chaundler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shortly before the roster was due to be announced for the Spanish women’s first international soccer match since their World Cup victory, the Royal Spanish Football Association postponed the event until further notice. It became clear why five minutes later, when Spain’s star players made public a list of demands for a top-to-bottom reorganization of the federation, Spain’s soccer governing body. The events came the same day as a restraining order was granted against Luis Rubiales, the former head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the country’s governing body. Mr. Rubiales, who appeared in court Friday on charges of sexual assault against a star forward, Jennifer Hermoso, whom he forcibly kissed after the team won the World Cup in August, must stay 200 meters, or more than 650 feet, away from the player while the investigation continues. “We believe that it is time to fight to show that there is no place for these situations and practices in our football or our society, and that the structure needs to be changed,” the players’ statement said.

Persons: Luis Rubiales, Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso Organizations: Spanish women’s, Royal Spanish Football Association, Royal Spanish Football Federation

☆ Luis Rubiales resigns as president of Spanish football federation following World Cup kiss scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Issy Ronald Homero De La Fuente Zoe Sottile Patrick Sung Laura Perez Maestro | Issy Ronald | Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Luis Rubiales on Sunday resigned from his position as president of the Spanish soccer federation following weeks of fierce criticism over his unwanted kiss with Women’s World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso. Among other things, because the powers that be will prevent my return.”The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed that Rubiales had presented his resignation as chief of the Spanish football association as well as vice president of UEFA. “The Royal Spanish Football Federation confirms that Luis M. Rubiales Béjar has presented his resignation tonight,” RFEF said in a statement. He was replaced by Montse Tomé, the first woman in Spanish national team history to hold the position. Public outcry to the unwanted kiss and Rubiales’ staunch defense of it has come from every sphere of Spanish society, including from politicians and sports stars.

Persons: CNN — Luis Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso, Pedro Rocha, RFEF, ” Rubiales, “, ”, Rubiales, Luis M, Rubiales Béjar, ” RFEF, Pedro Rocha Junco, it’s, Hermoso, ’, Irene Montero, ” Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s, Jenni, Jorge Vilda, Vilda, Montse Tomé, Spain’s women’s, ” Hermoso, Rubiales “, Ángeles Organizations: CNN, UEFA, Spanish Football Federation, Spanish, Royal Spanish Football Federation, FIFA, Hermoso Locations: Spanish, “, Spain, ”, Rubiales, Motril, Grenada

REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Spanish society must break a "pact of silence" and stop normalizing sexist behaviour as well as better support women brave enough to speak out when it happens, acting Equality Minister Irene Montero said on Wednesday. "Spain is a feminist society in which sexism still exists, but it is determined to end sexism," Montero said. "Perhaps it would have been desirable for this pact of silence to be broken with more force and forcefulness. Spain is now under a caretaker government after an inconclusive election in July that was marked by heated debate over women´s rights. However, Vox called for Rubiales to resign, citing behaviour incompatible with the presidency of a federation.

Persons: Irene Montero, Luis Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso, Violeta Santos Moura, Montero, Jenni Hermoso, Rubiales, Hermoso, Pedro Sanchez, Vox, Queen Letizia, Miguel Gutierrez, Belen Carreno, Charlie Devereux, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, Spanish FA, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish Football Association, FIFA, England, Hermoso, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Spanish, Rubiales, Sydney

☆ Luis Rubiales: Regional presidents of Spanish FA request Luis Rubiales to resign immediately
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The regional presidents of the Spanish Football Association have requested the immediate resignation of Luis Rubiales. "We will urge the corresponding bodies to carry out a deep and imminent organic restructuring in strategic positions of the Federation to give way to a new stage of management in Spanish football. "Once FIFA has suspended Mr Luis Rubiales, the Federation's internal protocols have been activated as a result of the suspension. "The RFEF maintains its commitment to continue implementing its investment, as well as equality policies for the development of women's football. Rubiales was widely expected to resign from his role as Spanish FA president on Friday but instead made a defiant speech, claiming he was the victim of a witch-hunt by "false feminists".

Persons: Luis Rubiales, Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Mr Luis Rubiales, Pedro Rocha, Hermoso Organizations: Spanish Football Association, England, Spanish, Regional, Territorial, Federation, FIFA, UEFA Locations: Spain, Spanish

☆ FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Spanish FA chief Rubiales
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The FIFA Disciplinary Committee informed Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish Football Association, today that it is opening disciplinary proceedings against him based on the events that occurred during the final of the Women's World Cup," it said in a statement. "The events may constitute violations of article 13 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code." Rubiales, who initially called his critics "idiots", issued a video apology late on Monday, but it failed to quell the uproar . Acting Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz called for Rubiales' resignation because "without any doubt (he) attacked a woman". Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; editing by Christina Fincher and Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Juan Medina, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Rubiales, Yolanda Diaz, Hermoso, FUTPRO, TMJ, Rohith Nair, Christina Fincher, Ken Ferris Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Spain's, Moncloa, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spanish, England, Spanish Football Association, Liga, National Sports Council, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Madrid, Spain, Bengaluru

☆ LaLiga in the bag, but Barcelona still face huge problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Fernando Kallas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BARCELONA, May 14 (Reuters) - Barcelona may have won the LaLiga title on Sunday, but their outstanding domestic campaign has been somewhat overshadowed by turmoil off the pitch including deepening financial problems and a refereeing scandal that could drag on for years. Spanish prosecutors in March filed a complaint over alleged payments Barcelona made from 2001 to 2018 totalling 7.3 million euros ($8 million) to firms owned by former refereeing official Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. A Barcelona court has agreed to take on the case. Also in March, European soccer's governing body UEFA opened its own formal investigation into the club, looking into the same payments. FINANCIAL HEADACHESAnd it comes at a time when Barcelona are already facing huge accounting problems related to their massive wage bill, to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the club's 1.6 billion-euro renovation project.

☆ Barcelona refereeing scandal one of most serious in football, says Ceferin
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin attends a news conference during the 46th UEFA congress in Vienna, Austria, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerApril 3 (Reuters) - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said that Barcelona's refereeing scandal is one of the most serious incidents he has seen in football ever since he became involved with it. "I cannot comment directly on this for two reasons," Ceferin told Slovenian newspaper Ekipe SN in an interview published on Monday. So serious that it is, in my opinion, one of the most serious (ones) in football since I have been involved in it." In a statement in February the club denied any wrongdoing, saying it had paid an external consultant who supplied it with technical reports related to professional refereeing, which it claimed was a common practice among professional football clubs.

☆ Too late to sanction Barca over ex-refereeing official payments: LaLiga president
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 17 (Reuters) - LaLiga President Javier Tebas said it would be too late for the league to sanction Barcelona over payments made to a company owned by a high-ranking official of Spain's refereeing body, though it may be possible on a "criminal level". Spanish prosecutors said they are investigating around 1.4 million euros ($1.49 million) in payments made by Barcelona. The club have said they "hired the services of an external consultant" that supplied them with "technical reports related to professional refereeing". "It won't be possible for Barcelona to receive disciplinary sanctions," he said. "Five years have gone by and (the period to hand out) these types of sanctions expires after three years.

☆ Spanish prosecutors probe Barcelona's payments to former refereeing official
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Spanish prosecutors are investigating around 1.4 million euros ($1.50 million) in payments soccer giants Barcelona had made over three years to a company owned by a high-ranking official of Spain's refereeing body, the club said, confirming an earlier media report. Spanish radio Cadena SER said on Wednesday that the soccer club made the payments between 2016 and 2018 to a company of Jose Maria Enríquez Negreira, who was at the time vice-president of a refereeing committee of the Spanish football association. It said the consultant also provided, in video format, reports about youth players from other Spanish clubs. According to Spanish media reports, prosecutors launched the probe in 2022 after a tax office inspection of a company owned by Enriquez Negreira, found no record or services provided to Barcelona in return for 1.4 million euros in payments. Cadena SER quoted Enriquez Negreira as saying that his advice was verbal and included players' interactions with referees and that he denied ever favouring Barcelona in any refereeing decisions or disputes.

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