The strange incident took place immediately after the women's football World Cup final in 2023. Then Spanish federation president Rubiales insisted that the kiss had taken place by mutual consent.

He was her boss, Luis Rubiales, the then much-heralded former president of Spain’s Football Association ... but you could say that this kiss was just a symptom of a much bigger problem.

Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales quit his post on Sunday after three weeks of scandal over allegations he gave an unsolicited kiss to a ... down as a vice-president of European ...

Rubiales said Hermoso consented to the kiss but she denied it. The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales at the exit of the National Court, February 11 ...

former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), who faces up to two-and-a-half years in jail for sexual assault and coercion. His horrific crime? Planting a kiss on footballer ...

The kiss at the 2023 World Cup awards ceremony in Sydney provoked a heated debate in Spain about sexism in women's football and wider Spanish society, prompting a movement similar to the "Me Too ...

Prosecutors are asking for the retrial of former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales ... for the unconsented kiss on player Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 Women's World Cup final.

Jenni Hermoso had waited her whole career for this. She'd played for her country almost 100 times, was Spain's top goal scorer, winning the World Cup was her ambition. And finally she did it.