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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Luis Rubiales: After ‘years of forced silence,’ Spanish women’s soccer players speak openly about the unwanted kiss in new documentary

CNN

CNN — The most talked-about moment in women’s soccer last year, and indeed for the past several years, wasn’t a goal, nor a piece of skill, nor anything that happened during a match. The deep-rooted problems in Spanish soccer, which triggered outrage in the Iberian nation and around the world after Rubiales’ kiss, is carefully dissected in the “It’s All …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Spain’s ex-football chief Rubiales to stand trial over kiss on player

The Hindu

Former Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jennifer Hermoso after a High Court judge admitted the case, the court said on Wednesday. The High Court said it would also try the former coach of the women’s national team, Jorge Vilda, the team’s current sporting director, Albert Luque, and the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Luis Rubiales: A look at controversies surrounding former Spanish football federation president

Firstpost

Luis Rubiales’ life has been affected by controversies in the past, with the latest being the controversial kiss of Spain women’s player Jenni Hermoso at the FIFA Women’s World Cup final last year. On 26 August last year, amid the surrounding controversy, Rubiales had admitted that he would not resign as Spanish Football Federation president, only for him to reverse …

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11 months, 1 week ago

As Jenni Hermoso looks on, Aitana Bonmatí hails ‘powerful generation of women’

Associated Press

LONDON — World Cup champion Aitana Bonmatí hailed a “powerful generation of women” on Monday in accepting FIFA’s award as best female soccer player. Looking on inside the Hammersmith Apollo theater in London was Spain teammate Jenni Hermoso, who has spearheaded the fight against sexism in women’s soccer in Spain. Bonmatí and Hermoso helped Spain win its first Women’s World …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Spain forward Jenni Hermoso says former coach Jorge Vilda made players feel uncomfortable

Associated Press

MADRID — Record scorer Jenni Hermoso, who has led the fight against sexism in Spanish soccer after she was kissed on the lips at the Women’s World Cup final by former federation president Luis Rubiales, says the national team’s former coach Jorge Vilda also had to go because players felt he routinely invaded their privacy. Vilda coached Spain to the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spanish soccer official who kissed unwilling star player is banned for three years

Associated Press

GENEVA — The Spanish soccer official who provoked a players’ rebellion and reckoning on gender when he kissed an unwilling star player on the lips at the Women’s World Cup final trophy ceremony was banned for three years on Monday by the sport’s global governing body. Luis Rubiales’ conduct at the Aug. 20 final in Australia — and his defiant …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Morocco hires Jorge Vilda as new women’s team coach

The Hindu

Women’s World Cup winner and former Spain coach Jorge Vilda was appointed as the new manager of the Morocco women’s team on Thursday, succeeding Frenchman Reynald Pedros. Vilda, who won the Women’s World Cup with Spain in August, was sacked 10 days after FIFA suspended former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales for giving a non-consensual kiss to striker Jenni Hermoso …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Jorge Vilda denies pressuring Jenni Hermoso after Luis Rubiales kiss row

Firstpost

Jenni Hermoso had said that the player and her family came under pressure from federation officials to downplay the kiss and say it was consensual in the wake of the public uproar over Rubiales’ behaviour. Spain’s sacked women’s coach Jorge Vilda denied Tuesday pressuring midfielder Jenni Hermoso to downplay the unsolicited kiss she got from former football federation president Luis …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Spain’s women’s team players Putellas, Rodríguez and Paredes appear before judge in Rubiales probe

The Hindu

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and two of her teammates in Spain’s women’s national team appeared before a judge Monday as witnesses in the investigation of former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales for his kiss on player Jenni Hermoso. Spanish state prosecutors have accused Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing Hermoso on the lips without her …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Spanish court includes FIFA Women’s World Cup winning coach Vilda in probe over Rubiales kiss

The Hindu

The investigating judge at Spain’s High Court has expanded the scope of a sexual assault probe over the allegedly non-consensual kiss on women’s national team player Jenni Hermoso to include Jorge Vilda, the squad’s former coach, the court said on Wednesday. Judge Francisco de Jorge is investigating whether the kiss by soccer federation RFEF’s former chief Luis Rubiales during the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight

LA Times

Turns out winning the World Cup was the easiest thing the Spanish women’s team did this summer. Spain, which didn’t win its first women’s World Cup game until 2019 and didn’t have a fully professional women’s league until 2021, is now arguably at the center of the women’s soccer universe. In addition to the unparalleled success of its national teams …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spain football controversy: Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro say leaving Spain women’s squad despite deal

The Hindu

Spain players Mapi Leon and Patri Guijarro said they were leaving the women’s national team training camp on Wednesday, despite a deal with the Spanish government and the football federation to satisfy the squad’s demands. Both played no part in Spain’s triumphant Women’s World Cup campaign because of a protest against the RFEF and are the only two players of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

New Spain women’s coach calls up World Cup-winning players but they don’t plan to end their boycott

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s players don’t plan to end their boycott of the national team despite being called up for the squad by new coach Montse Tomé on Monday. Tomé selected nearly half of the 39 players who had signed a statement refusing to play for the national team — including 15 World Cup-winners — after former federation …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spain’s Women’s World Cup winners maintain boycott, hours before new coach picks first squad

The Hindu

Spain’s World Cup-winning players are continuing their refusal to play for the women’s national team, the country’s football federation said on Friday, just hours before new coach Montse Tome was set to announce her first squad. READ | Spain’s ex-football boss Rubiales due in court in sex assault investigation The 23 players, along with dozens of other players, responded to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Jenni Hermoso complaint against Luis Rubiales filed with Spain’s high court

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Spain’s national prosecutor’s office has filed a complaint …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spain fires coach as kiss fallout continues

China Daily

MADRID — Spain's soccer federation on Tuesday apologized for the "totally unacceptable behavior" of Luis Rubiales over his World Cup kiss and fired the team's controversial coach, replacing him with a woman as part of an overhaul. has decided to dispense with the services of Jorge Vilda as sports director and women's national team coach," the RFEF said in a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

These shocking stories explain why Spain’s women’s team want systemic change

New York Times

After Spain were eliminated from the Women’s World Cup in 2015, senior officials from the country’s football association met with players before they headed home from Canada. “I still remember what one of the top RFEF officials told us after we were knocked out,” says Vero Boquete, a key player of the time and still an icon of women’s football …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

The Hindu

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso has accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for kissing her on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country's prosecutors’ office said Wednesday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Hermoso on the lips during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

Associated Press

MADRID — Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso has accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for kissing her on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Wednesday. The prosecutors’ office in Madrid said that, according to a sexual consent law passed last year, Rubiales could face a fine or a prison sentence …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sacked Spain manager Jorge Vilda defends clapping Luis Rubiales’ ‘I will not resign’ speech

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jorge Vilda feels it was “unfair” for him …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sacked Spain coach Jorge Vilda says dismissal ‘unjust’

The Hindu

Sacked Spain women’s coach Jorge Vilda says he has a clear conscience and his dismissal 16 days after La Roja’s World Cup triumph was unjust. “I gave 100 percent and I don’t understand it, I don’t think my sacking was deserved.” Before the World Cup 15 players refused to play for the national team because of disagreements with Vilda and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spain manager Jorge Vilda sacked by Spanish FA amid Luis Rubiales crisis

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Spanish Football Federation has sacked women’s manager …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Coach of Spain's World Cup-winning women's team fired weeks after victory

The Hindu

The coach of Spain's World Cup-winning women's football team, Jorge Vilda, was fired Tuesday, less than three weeks after the victory celebration that led to the suspension of the country's football federation president for kissing a player. The Spanish football federation offered no immediate explanation for the dismissal and mostly praised Jorge Vilda, saying he was “key to the notable …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Spain sacks World Cup-winning women's coach Jorge Vilda as post-tournament chaos continues

ABC

Spain's beleaguered football federation has sacked the coach of its national women's team, Jorge Vilda, less than three weeks after he oversaw its World Cup triumph in Australia. Key points: Last year, 15 players said they wouldn't play for Vilda unless "significant" concerns were addressed Spain beat England 1-0 to win the World Cup final Vilda had managed the country's …

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Luis Rubiales: After ‘years of forced silence,’ Spanish women’s soccer players speak openly about the unwanted kiss in new documentary

Spain’s ex-football chief Rubiales to stand trial over kiss on player

Luis Rubiales: A look at controversies surrounding former Spanish football federation president

As Jenni Hermoso looks on, Aitana Bonmatí hails ‘powerful generation of women’

Spain forward Jenni Hermoso says former coach Jorge Vilda made players feel uncomfortable

Spanish soccer official who kissed unwilling star player is banned for three years

Morocco hires Jorge Vilda as new women’s team coach

Jorge Vilda denies pressuring Jenni Hermoso after Luis Rubiales kiss row

Spain’s women’s team players Putellas, Rodríguez and Paredes appear before judge in Rubiales probe

Spanish court includes FIFA Women’s World Cup winning coach Vilda in probe over Rubiales kiss

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight

Spain football controversy: Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro say leaving Spain women’s squad despite deal

New Spain women’s coach calls up World Cup-winning players but they don’t plan to end their boycott

Spain’s Women’s World Cup winners maintain boycott, hours before new coach picks first squad

Jenni Hermoso complaint against Luis Rubiales filed with Spain’s high court

Spain fires coach as kiss fallout continues

These shocking stories explain why Spain’s women’s team want systemic change

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

Sacked Spain manager Jorge Vilda defends clapping Luis Rubiales’ ‘I will not resign’ speech

Sacked Spain coach Jorge Vilda says dismissal ‘unjust’

Spain manager Jorge Vilda sacked by Spanish FA amid Luis Rubiales crisis

Coach of Spain's World Cup-winning women's team fired weeks after victory

Spain sacks World Cup-winning women's coach Jorge Vilda as post-tournament chaos continues