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At his behaviour. mr rubiales has been suspended from participation in football by the sports world governing body, fifa. for the latest, here is our madrid correspondent guy hedgecoe. the dispute unleashed by this celebratory kiss after spains world cup victory shows little sign of fading. the insistence by football federation president luis rubiales that it was consensual has pitted him against the team which lifted the trophy. after refusing to resign yesterday, mr rubiales has labelled jenni...

Procedure against him. translation: this has now ended the saga temporarily, _ because fifa has acted much faster than spains institutions. but on monday proceedings will begin against him here in spain. luis rubiales appears to be in a stand—off, notjust with the countrys female football players but also with much of spanish society. yet fifas decision to suspend him gives this whole affair an international dimension. spain is hoping to host the 2030 mens world cup in a joint bid with portuga...

Yet fifas decision to suspend him gives this whole affair an international dimension. spain is hoping to host the 2030 mens world cup in a joint bid with portugal and morocco, but the concern is that this crisis in spanish football could undermine that candidacy. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. russian president vladimir putin has called on all employees of wagner and other russian private military contractors to swear an oath of allegiance to the russian state. the decree applies to anyone part...

Spains football federation has deleted a statement from its official website, accusing the world cup winning playerjenni hermoso of misrepresenting reality. shes accused the head of the federation, luis rubiales, of kissing her on the lips without consent after spains victory in the final last sunday. the federation has threatened her with legal action. mr rubiales has faced a wave of condemnation for his actions, but has refused to resign. on saturday, 11 members of the national teams coaching ...

Spain's government has called for the controversy over the behaviour of the head of the football association to become football's "Me Too moment".

And the backlash against him. jenni hermoso condemned the kiss. the episode has fed into an intense debate in spanish society about gender equality and sexual consent. translation: this is a critical moment in this country. people are moving towards more gender equality. but this looks like an abuse of power, and that is what were fighting against. players from other countries have also spoken out. its really sad that it totally ruined what was supposed to be the most special moment probably in ...

As our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, explains... a government minister yesterday when he was calling for mr rubiales to step down said this should be a #metoo woman for spanish football so he seemed to be suggesting that there is a gender equality problem in spanish port. many of those players are supporting, all of those players are supporting, all of those players supporting jenni hermoso and she herself no doubt would support that point of view, i think. but i think this will feed in...

Later on friday following growing criticism about how he had kissed one of star players from the womens�* national team, jennifer hermoso, on the lips in the moments after her team won the world cup. luis rubiales had apologised, but many critics said that didnt go far enough. live now to madrid and our correspondent guy hedgecoe. there have been multiple calls for luis rubiales to step down — whats been the reaction now he has said he will? i think people expected this announcement. it beca...

Five days ago, spains womens football team were the toast of the world after beating england to win the world cup. but the behaviour of luis rubiales, the head of spains football federation, has caused controversy and outrage. this image of him kissing the player jenni hermoso on the lips during the presentation ceremony has gone viral. in has gone viral. the last few minutes she has confirmed in the last few minutes she has confirmed she did not consent to the kids. he was also seen to be grabb...

People so much. it really has caused surprise and it has drawn an immediate reaction. for example, from the political sphere, there have been government ministers responding to his appearance by saying he does not understand what is going on. he does not understand what he has done, he needs to resign. there have been others have spoken out against him from the sports world full stop notjust from womens football but also from mens football, as well. theres e—mail footballer, who plays for the ...