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Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
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Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend.

Rubiales has refused to resign from his post after kissing Jenni Hermoso – who has stressed she did not consent – on the lips, prompting Fifa to step in.

A Fifa statement said: “The chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee, Jorge Ivan Palacio (Colombia), in use of the powers granted by article 51 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code (FDC), has decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level.

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[–] 96 points 3 years ago (3 children)

And SFA is threatening to sue Jenni Hermoso. Kind of pathetic when Fifa has the moral high ground here.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They are threatening to sue her for lying and defamation? Wtf? People saw the kiss and everything I've read about the situation sounds like all she did was say that she never consented to it. SFA can get fucked.

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    • [–] 76 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Uh....FIFA doing the right thing? And NOT an Onion article?!

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    • [–] 62 points 3 years ago

    That's like getting kicked out of the KKK for being too racist.

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    [–] 34 points 3 years ago*

    Get fucked Luis. Also, fuck the Spanish FA and their tone deaf threats.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Even being as generous to him as humanly possible, I guess that's that movie trope where you're so happy you just grab the nearest person and randomly kiss them?

    Worth noting I have never actually seen that outside of a movie, and even in films its always seemed a little over-the-top goofy, not something a real person would ever actually do.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I honestly would've thought this was European culture one step removed from two kisses on the cheeks as a greeting. Though I'm curious if that is still common, especially "post" covid.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    No, he's just been a creepy creep.

    It's like when everyone says cheers and tap your drink glasses together. It's a culture that's grown up out of something else. Originally the idea was that you would get a bit of your drink into their drink, which worked fine when everyone had the same drink. The idea was you were proving the drink couldn't have been poisoned because you would be drinking the poison too, so it's fine for everyone to relax and have a good time. That's grew into just gently touching glasses together.

    The kissing thing is the same. Originally yes, you actually kissed them (like 150 years ago) but now you just sort of put your faces near each other. You don't actually make contact.

    So it's not really a defence.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And then, there's this

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