Luis Rubiales, the Spanish soccer federation president, has been suspended by FIFA following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup in August.
FIFA announced Monday that it is banning Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish soccer federation president, from national and international soccer activities for three years, after the organization found he violated an article of FIFA’s disciplinary code.
The development comes two months after Rubiales’ behavior at the Women’s World Cup final in Australia.
The incident was captured on video and in photos. Afterward, Rubiales claimed the kiss was consensual.
However, Hermoso pushed back against Rubiales’ claim, saying in a statement, “I want to clarify that, as seen in the footage, I never consented to the kiss he gave me, and of course, I never intended to lift the president in the air. I do not tolerate that my word is distrusted, and even less so, the invention of words I never said.
