<img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/664/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg" srcset=" https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/556/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg 556w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/600/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg 600w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/664/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg 664w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/700/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg 700w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/26/0/0/2314/1479/800/0/75/0/aea3206_5105121-01-06.jpg 800w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw" alt="Spain's defender #20 Rocio Galvez is congratuled by President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales (R) next to Spain's Jennifer Hermoso after winning the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup final football match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 20, 2023. The Spanish football federation (RFEF) on August 26, 2023 threatened to take legal action over Women's World Cup player Jenni Hermoso's " lies"="" about="" her="" kiss="" with="" its="" president="" luis="" rubiales.="" (photo="" by="" franck="" fife="" afp)"="" width="100%" height="auto">
FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain's football federation on Saturday, August 26, for kissing Spanish Women's World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on the lips, and banned him from making contact with her.
"(We) decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level," said world football's governing body in a statement, explaining it would last 90 days, pending their disciplinary proceedings.
Rubiales refused to resign from his soccer presidency Friday at an emergency meeting where he had been expected to leave under intense pressure from the Spanish government, women players plus soccer clubs and officials.