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.

The former president of Spain's football federation, Luis Rubiales, goes on trial on Monday, accused of sexual assault for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso, in a case which has fed into wider ...

Ángeles Béjar's hunger strike comes after her son's suspension for his controversial kiss at the World Cup final Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Spain’s football federation will hold an urgent meeting on Monday as its president, Luis Rubiales, faces a Fifa suspension and a storm of criticism over allegations he gave a player an unwanted ...

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 player on the women’s national team as they ...

Prosecutors are asking for the retrial of former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales, saying the judge incorrectly kept some evidence from the court. Rubiales was found guilty of sexual ...

What a depressing spectacle is the melodrama now playing at Spain's National Court, said Fernando Palmero in El Mundo (Madrid). Its focus is Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish ...

A Spanish court on Thursday convicted and fined former football chief Luis Rubiales of sexual assault over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso but acquitted him of the charge of ...

Rubiales was previously received a 90-day ban following backlash over kissing a player following Spain's World Cup final win Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

Prosecutors had sought a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales -- one year for sexual assault and 18 months for coercion -- for having allegedly pressured the player to downplay the ...