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Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)

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Fifa has suspended Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nope. Apparently what they'll do is take legal action against the victim for not providing consent after the fact.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66626410

Bold decision, Cotton. Let's see how it plays out.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The federation also said that, if selected, players have "an obligation" to play for the national team, after 81 female players said they will not represent Spain until Rubiales is removed from his post.

Poor guy is getting a bad look. /s

Fuck him. And fuck this org. “He did nothing wrong,even though it’s documented.”

[–] Jaccident@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Go and select them then, and see what happens when your players take to the field playing touch rugby to fulfil their “obligation”.

[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That's very bold. Legal posturing and peacocking. Trying to control the narrative and limit damage before a token resignation and a settlement.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

FIFA and RFEF are different, aren't they?