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Soccer player Jenni Hermoso leaves after testifying at a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 during the trial of former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales for his unsolicited kiss on her. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Hermoso says guilty verdict for Rubiales kiss sets ‘important precedent’

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The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales sits in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (Chema Moya, Pool photo via AP, File)

Ex-Spain soccer boss Rubiales guilty of sexual assault, fined for World Cup kiss

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The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales arrives at a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Rubiales’ defense team asks for his acquittal. Hermoso’s lawyer reiterates sexual assault claim

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales, top, leaves a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he is on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Rubiales tells judge that Hermoso gave him consent for kiss after 2023 Women’s World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Spanish football president Luis Rubiales grimaces during a press conference at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Krasnodar, Russia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. FIFA has banned ousted former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from the sport for three years. He was judged for misconduct at the Women’s World Cup final where he forcibly kissed a player on the lips at the trophy ceremony. FIFA did not publish details of the verdict reached by its disciplinary committee judges. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spanish soccer official who kissed unwilling star player is banned for three years

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Then President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, top right, stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after their World Cup victory at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, on Aug. 22, 2023. One day before Spain’s new women’s coach announces her first squad, the players who won the Women’s World Cup have yet to say if they are ready to come back to the team after rebelling against their disgraced former federation president. Spain’s women have had little chance to celebrate their greatest soccer achievement because Luis Rubiales caused an uproar when he kissed a player on the lips without her consent at the awards ceremony last month in Sydney. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) **FILE**

Spain’s women’s team is still in revolt one day before the new coach names her Nations League squad

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, right, hugs Spain's Aitana Bonmati on the podium following Spain's win in the final of Women's World Cup soccer against England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Rubiales has resigned, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, from his post after a kiss scandal which tarnished Spain's victory at the Women's World Cup. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file) **FILE**

Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales resigns after nonconsensual kiss at Women’s World Cup final

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Barcelona's Aitana Bonamati, right, shoots the ball next to Real Madrid's Maite Oroz during the Women's Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 13, 2022. The players for Spain's women's league maintain they'll go on strike rather than start the new season after salary negotiations with the league broke down on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)

With sexism in Spanish soccer being scrutinized, female players strike for higher league wages

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against the President of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support to support Spain's national women's soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Madrid on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Spain faces reckoning over sexism in soccer after federation head kisses player at Women's World Cup. Banner reads in Spanish "it's over" and "Rubiales is out of the game". (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Spain condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss, now reckons with sexism in soccer

By Teresa Medrano and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - President of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales, stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after being received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The kiss by Luis Rubiales has unleashed a storm of fury over gender equality that almost marred the unprecedented victory but now looks set to go down as a milestone in both Spanish soccer history but also in women's rights.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

A Spanish soccer official’s kiss unleashed fury, soul-searching over sexism, and a hunger strike

By Ciarán Giles - Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales speaks during an emergency general assembly meeting in Las Rozas, Friday Aug. 25, 2023. Rubiales has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player, Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales had also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain's Queen Letizia and the 16-year old Princess Sofía nearby. (Real Federación Española de Fútbol/Europa Press via AP)

Spanish soccer federation leaders asks president Rubiales to resign after kissing player on the lips

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales speaks during an emergency general assembly meeting in Las Rozas, Friday Aug. 25, 2023. Rubiales has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player, Jennifer Hermoso, on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales had also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain's Queen Letizia and the 16-year-old Princess Sofía nearby. (Real Federación Española de Fútbol/Europa Press via AP)

One week after sullying the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales is now a Spanish soccer outcast

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales speaks during an emergency general assembly meeting in Las Rozas, Friday Aug. 25, 2023. Rubiales has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player, Jennifer Hermoso, on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales had also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain's Queen Letizia and the 16-year-old Princess Sofía nearby. (Real Federación Española de Fútbol/Europa Press via AP)

FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kiss

By Graham Dunbar and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 13, 2018 file photo, Spanish football president Luis Rubiales gestures during a press conference at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Krasnodar, Russia. It probably wasn’t a good sign when one of the first actions taken by Luis Rubiales, the newly elected president of the Spanish soccer federation, was to fire the national team’s coach a day before the World Cup. At the time, his counterpart in the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, was already known for his unshakable determination to get things done his way. With two strong-minded men holding the most powerful positions in Spanish soccer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a power feud has emerged. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Power feud: Spain’s top soccer officials at odds

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Former Spanish players’ leader is new federation chief

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Spanish players threaten strike before season

By PAUL LOGOTHETIS - Associated Press