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Rubiales three-year ban for World Cup kiss confirmed by FIFA

AFP · 3 months ago

Disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales will be banned from the game for three years, world football governing body FIFA confirmed Friday after rejecting his appeal.

Spain judge proposes Rubiales go on trial for World Cup kiss

AFP · 3 months ago

A Spanish judge on Thursday proposed that disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales be tried over the kiss he forced on Women's World Cup star Jenni Hermoso.

Algerian football international Atal convicted over Gaza post

AFP · 4 months ago

Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal was handed an eight-month suspended sentence by a French court Wednesday for inciting religious hatred in a social media post about the conflict in Gaza.

Spanish star Hermoso testifies about Rubiales's World Cup kiss

AFP · 4 months ago

Spanish World Cup winning star Jenni Hermoso was testifying before a judge Tuesday about disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales kissing her at the Women's World Cup trophy ceremony.

Spain coach De La Fuente summoned in Rubiales kiss case

AFP · 7 months ago

Spain men's coach Luis de la Fuente was summoned Friday as a witness by the judge investigating former president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales'

Spain call up majority of Women's World Cup winners, not Hermoso

AFP · 7 months ago

New Spain coach Montse Tome called up the majority of the Women's World Cup winning players into her squad for upcoming Nations League matches, but left out Jenni Hermoso on Monday -- despite the fact many of them have not ended their strike.

Pogba face-to-face with group accused of extorting him

AFP · 8 months ago

France star Paul Pogba was questioned Friday alongside five acquaintances and childhood friends suspected of involvement in a March 2022 extortion attempt against him, sources familiar with the case told AFP.

'Maximum respect' for Rubiales resignation: Spain coach

AFP · 8 months ago

Spain men's coach Luis de la Fuente said Monday he "respects" former football federation president Luis Rubiales'

Spanish women's league players confirm strike over 'unacceptable' pay offer

AFP · 8 months ago

Players from Spain's women's top flight, Liga F, will follow through with strike action after negotiations to improve pay remained at an impasse, unions representing the players said Thursday.

Spain's Hermoso files complaint over Rubiales' kiss

AFP · 8 months ago

Spain player Jenni Hermoso has filed a criminal complaint over suspended football chief Luis Rubiales's kiss on her lips at the Women's World Cup final, a source at Spain's public prosecutors office said Wednesday.

Spain sports court opens Rubiales probe, chief out to 'prove truth'

AFP · 8 months ago

Spain's sports court agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women's World Cup player as the scandal-hit football chief insisted he would defend himself to "prove the truth".

Hermoso, leader of sexism stand after World Cup triumph

AFP · 8 months ago

Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso shone at the Women's World Cup, steering her country to the trophy for the first time, but in the aftermath she has unexpectedly become the leader of a stand against sexism in Spanish football.

Spain opens preliminary sex abuse probe over suspended chief Rubiales' kiss

AFP · 8 months ago

Prosecutors at Spain's top criminal court said Monday they had opened a preliminary investigation into Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales'

Allardyce lashes out at judge for losing assistant Lee to jury duty

AFP · 1 year ago

New Leeds boss Sam Allardyce accused a court judge of "poor judgement" on Wednesday after his long-time assistant Sammy Lee was blocked from joining him at Elland Road due to jury duty.

Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA trial

AFP · 1 year ago

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were acquitted Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

Prosecutor calls for suspended sentence for Blatter, Platini

AFP · 1 year ago

The Swiss prosecutor's office on Wednesday demanded an 18-month suspended jail sentence for Michel Platini and ex-president of FIFA Sepp Blatter, accusing them of fraud.

Blatter: Platini payment was 'gentleman's agreement'

AFP · 1 year ago

Sepp Blatter struck a "gentleman's agreement" with Michel Platini to pay him a million Swiss francs ($1.02 million) a year as an adviser, the former world football chief told their trial on Thursday.

Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini start fraud trial

AFP · 1 year ago

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, appeared in a Swiss court on Wednesday to face trial over a suspected fraudulent payment.

Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini

AFP · 1 year ago

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment.