The Spanish soccer federation has asked UEFA to suspend it from international competitions amid Luis Rubiales investigation.
The Spanish soccer federation has asked UEFA to suspend it from international competitions because of government interference over demands to remove its beleaguered president Luis Rubiales from office.
The move was widely seen as an attempt to silence some of Rubiales’ critics, including government ministers who have asked for his removal, as such a suspension would ban Spanish teams from competitions like theSoccer’s governing bodies have long-standing rules barring national governments from interfering with the running of the domestic soccer federations.
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