Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has been banned by FIFA from all football-related activities for three years.
Rubiales kissed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips following her team’s Women’s World Cup final win over England, and this lead to Rubiales eventually stepping down from his role in September.
World governing body FIFA on Monday announced the three-year ban for breaching article 13 of its disciplinary code, reiterating its absolute commitment to respecting and protecting the integrity of all people and ensuring that the basic rules of decent conduct are upheld.
Rubiales, however on social media, revealed his intention to appeal against the ban, saying “I will go to the last resort to see that justice is done and that the truth shines through.”
FIFA in its statement, confirmed the case against him concerned the “events that occurred during the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on 20 August 2023, for which Mr Rubiales had been provisionally suspended for an initial period of 90 days”.
“Fifa reiterates its absolute commitment to respecting and protecting the integrity of all people and ensuring that the basic rules of decent conduct are upheld,” the statement read before adding that the decision was “subject to a possible appeal”.
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