{"id":99244,"date":"2023-09-12T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/12\/kissing-fa-prez-finally-resigns\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:21:14","slug":"kissing-fa-prez-finally-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/12\/kissing-fa-prez-finally-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissing FA Prez Finally Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Luis Rubiales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) because of the ongoing investigations against him following his unsolicited kiss on Spain forward Jenni Hermoso.<\/p>\n<p>Hermoso filed a criminal complaint last week, which led to prosecutors filing a case with Spain\u2019s top court against Rubiales. He faces charges of sexual assault and coercion for his conduct after last month\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup final, which Spain won 1-0 against England.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Sunday, the RFEF confirmed Rubiales\u2019 resignation in a statement and that he would be stepping down as a vice president with UEFA.<\/p>\n<p>His behaviour, which also saw him grabbing his crotch and kissing other players, subsequently led to him being suspended from all football-related activity by FIFA, the sport\u2019s top governing body, for 90 days as it carries out its own investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have handed in my resignation to the acting president, Pedro Rocha,\u201d Rubiales confirmed in an open letter published on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have also informed him that I have done the same with my position at UEFA, so that a replacement for my role as vice president can be sought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the suspension by FIFA, in addition to the rest of the proceedings against me, it is clear that I will not be able to return to my position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid the fallout from the incident, Spain coach Jorge Vilda was fired on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales had previously refused to resign despite the pressure that mounted on him in recent weeks. After refusing to do so in a speech in August, in which he blamed \u201cfalse feminism\u201d and a campaign against him, the Spanish government sought to intervene and suspend him from his position.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has been unable to do so because of a ruling from Spain\u2019s top sports court (TAD). As TAD classified Rubiales\u2019 infraction as \u201cserious\u201d and not \u201cvery serious,\u201d the government has been unable to step in, but Hermoso\u2019s decision to press charges changed the face of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales said his decision to resign now is meant to avoid further fallout for Spanish football and the RFEF\u2019s bid to host the 2030 World Cup in collaboration with Portugal, Morocco and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo insist on waiting [for an outcome] and clinging on to [my position] will not contribute to anything positive \u2014 neither for the RFEF nor Spanish football,\u201d Rubiales added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are powers that be that will prevent my return. I do not want Spanish football to be harmed by this disproportionate campaign [against me].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am taking this decision after having made sure that my departure will contribute to the stability that will allow both Europe and Africa to remain united in the dream of [co-hosting the World Cup in] 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Rubiales \u00a0 Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) because of the ongoing investigations against him following his unsolicited kiss on Spain forward Jenni Hermoso. Hermoso filed a criminal complaint last week, which led to prosecutors filing a case with Spain\u2019s top court against Rubiales. He faces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kissing FA Prez Finally Resigns - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/12\/kissing-fa-prez-finally-resigns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kissing FA Prez Finally Resigns - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luis Rubiales \u00a0 Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) because of the ongoing investigations against him following his unsolicited kiss on Spain forward Jenni Hermoso. 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