Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend.
Rubiales has refused to resign from his post after kissing Jenni Hermoso – who has stressed she did not consent – on the lips, prompting Fifa to step in.
A Fifa statement said: “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.
Uh…FIFA doing the right thing? And NOT an Onion article?!
The spanish soccer team came together and said they would not do any events while he was still in charge.
Once again, a union gets things done.
Get fucked Luis. Also, fuck the Spanish FA and their tone deaf threats.
Even being as generous to him as humanly possible, I guess that’s that movie trope where you’re so happy you just grab the nearest person and randomly kiss them?
Worth noting I have never actually seen that outside of a movie, and even in films its always seemed a little over-the-top goofy, not something a real person would ever actually do.
I honestly would’ve thought this was European culture one step removed from two kisses on the cheeks as a greeting. Though I’m curious if that is still common, especially “post” covid.
And then, there’s this
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