Rubiales, 46, is banned from soccer-related activities at the national and international level
Also Saturday, Spain’s National Sports Council filed a formal complaint against him with a court that hears sports-related cases.
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, opened disciplinary proceedings against Rubiales on Thursday. Rubiales refused to resign, saying on Friday that the kiss was “mutual and with consent.”“I felt vulnerable and was a victim of assault, what happened was sexist, impulsive, out of place, and non-consensual,” Hermoso said Friday.“Do you think this [incident] is so serious that I should go, after the best management in the history of Spanish football?” Rubiales said.
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