MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish prosecutor has asked for a re-trial after the High Court sentence convicting the former head of ...

A court has found former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for forcibly kissing player Jenni Hermoso after their World Cup win.

The former president of the Spanish soccer federation, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting the footballer Jenni Hermoso. He was ordered to pay a fine of more than 10,000 euros.

Hermoso said that he did not have consent to kiss her. The aftermath of the incident saw protests across Spain and sparked a debate around a culture of misogyny in sport, as well as in wider ...

It means a story that started as Spain’s players lifted the World Cup trophy has reached some kind of conclusion. Though it is not over, since Rubiales and Hermoso plan to appeal. GO DEEPER ...

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, was found guilty in a Madrid court on Thursday of sexually assaulting Spain player Jenni Hermoso when he ...

Many will remember Hermoso for being ‘the one who was kissed’, rather than as the best striker the Spain women’s national team has ever had. As an iconic player who has scored more goals for ...

A Spanish prosecutor has asked for a retrial after the High Court sentence convicting the former head of the country's ...

MADRID — Spain's High Court has found former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and fined him over 10,000 euros ...

Mr. Rubiales’s kiss of the player, Jennifer Hermoso, set off a national scandal, deepened debates about longstanding sexism in Spanish soccer and became a watershed moment in Spain’s #MeToo ...

Rubiales and Hermoso have said they will appeal the ruling. The kiss at the 2023 World Cup awards ceremony in Sydney provoked a heated debate in Spain about sexism in women's football and wider ...

A Spanish prosecutor has asked for a re-trial after the High Court sentence convicting the former head of the country's ...