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Spanish World Cup-winner Jenni Hermoso testifies on Luis Rubiales kiss controversy in court
•Rubiales had to step down as RFEF chief after after kissing Hermoso on the lips during the presentation ceremony in the FIFA Women's World Cup final in Sydney, which sparked a massive controversy.
Disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales 'forcefully kissed' England's Lucy Bronze
•The FIFA disciplinary committee said Luis Rubiales had acted with "a sense of complete impunity" at the game on August 20.
Jenni Hermoso summoned by judge in Luis Rubiales case
•Judge Francisco de Jorge, leading the investigation against Luis Rubiales, summoned Jenni Hermoso to appear in person
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The Vantage Take •The incident involving Grlic-Radman and Baerbock serves as a lesson for all professionals, particularly those in positions of power
Luis Rubiales: FIFA suspends ex-Spanish football head for 3 years for forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso
•FIFA said Luis Rubiales would now be banned from all football activity for three years.
Jorge Vilda denies pressuring Jenni Hermoso after Luis Rubiales kiss row
•Jenni Hermoso had said that the player and her family came under pressure from federation officials to downplay the kiss and say it was consensual in the wake of the public uproar over Rubiales' behaviour.
Most Spanish women footballers agree to play after deal but two leave camp
•The players strike by the World Cup winners was sparked by the disgraced former president of the football federation Luis Rubiales forcibly kissing a player.
Majority of Spain women's football team players agree to end boycott after government interference
•Only two players, Barcelona teammates Patri Guijarro and Mapi León, opted to leave the training camp in the eastern city of Valencia after receiving guarantees from the government that they would not be sanctioned.
Prosecuting Luis Rubiales over Jenni Hermoso kiss controversy 'completely illogical': UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin
•Ceferin, who was a criminal defense lawyer before being elected UEFA president in 2016, added in the interview published Sunday in his native Slovenia that “what Rubiales did was inappropriate and not understandable.”
Spain women's World Cup winners call for more heads to roll as Rubiales appears in court
•All but two of Spain's 23 World Cup players said they would not don the national shirt without deeper changes within the RFEF, demanding its current interim head also resign.