{"id":9819,"date":"2023-09-10T20:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/luis-rubiales-resigns-as-spanish-football-chief-in-wake-of-world-cup-kiss\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:55:04","slug":"luis-rubiales-resigns-as-spanish-football-chief-in-wake-of-world-cup-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=9819","title":{"rendered":"Luis Rubiales resigns as Spanish football chief in wake of World Cup kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Receive free Football updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>We\u2019ll send you a <i>myFT Daily Digest<\/i> email rounding up the latest<!-- --> <!-- -->Football<!-- --> news every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=51b1aacc-0f1c-448e-a134-b9f289d9138b&amp;concept-id=44cc3b84-8c00-4d39-b1f9-2d787aa6a39a\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div data-attribute=\"article-content-body\">\n<p>Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales has resigned from his post days after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against him for kissing a female player during World Cup celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement late on Sunday, he said he had submitted his resignation as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, a role from which he had already been suspended by Fifa, the game\u2019s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the swift suspension by Fifa, plus the rest of the proceedings against me, it is clear that I will not be able to return to my position,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>His announcement came exactly three weeks after Rubiales sparked outrage by kissing Spanish player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the World Cup medals ceremony after her team beat England in the final in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales\u2019 actions have turned him into the world\u2019s most prominent sports boss and stirred anger about the treatment of women in global football and the prevalence of machismo in Spanish society.<\/p>\n<p>Hermoso has said he kissed her against her will.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Rubiales, who has insisted the kiss was consensual, said in his statement: \u201cI have faith in the truth and I will do everything in my power to make it prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/51b1aacc-0f1c-448e-a134-b9f289d9138b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receive free Football updates We\u2019ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Football news every morning. 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