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The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales sits in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (Chema Moya, Pool photo via AP, File)

New trial sought for convicted ex-Spanish soccer boss Rubiales over World Cup kiss

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Soccer player Jenni Hermoso leaves after testifying at a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 during the trial of former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales for his unsolicited kiss on her. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Hermoso says guilty verdict for Rubiales kiss sets ‘important precedent’

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The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales sits in a courtroom on the outskirts of Madrid, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (Chema Moya, Pool photo via AP, File)

Ex-Spain soccer boss Rubiales guilty of sexual assault, fined for World Cup kiss

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The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales arrives at a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he goes on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Rubiales’ defense team asks for his acquittal. Hermoso’s lawyer reiterates sexual assault claim

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales, top, leaves a court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 3, 2025 where he is on trial for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Rubiales tells judge that Hermoso gave him consent for kiss after 2023 Women’s World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Spain's Jennifer Hermoso celebrates after scoring her side's second goal during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Spain and Zambia at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. The women’s best player award shortlist features two 2023 World Cup winners, Aitana Bonmatí and Jenni Hermoso of Spain, plus Linda Caicedo of Colombia. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Spain forward Jenni Hermoso says former coach Jorge Vilda made players feel uncomfortable

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Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso, center, arrives at the Audiencia Nacional court, in Madrid, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. The Spanish player who was kissed on the lips by the soccer president after the Women’s World Cup final has appeared in court to testify in the sexual assault case against the former official. Jenni Hermoso was at the Madrid court to give her version of the kiss by Luis Rubiales following Spain’s victory over England in the final in Sydney in August. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Jenni Hermoso testifies in sexual assault case after kiss at Women’s World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Switzerland's Seraina Piubel, right, and Spain's Oihane Hernandez fight for the ball during the women's Nations League group D soccer match between Spain and Switzerland at the Nuevo Arcangel stadium in Cordoba, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on soccer again as Hermoso rejoins national team

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Spain's Jennifer Hermoso reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Japan and Spain in Wellington, New Zealand, on July 31, 2023. Hermoso, who said she did not consent to the kiss by former federation president Luis Rubiales during the World Cup awards ceremony last month, said in a statement early Tuesday Sept. 19, 2023 that the federation's decision to call up nearly half of the 39 players who said they would not play for the national team as a protest was “irrefutable proof” that “nothing has changed.” (AP Photo/John Cowpland, File)

Jenni Hermoso returns to Spain squad for first time since World Cup kiss

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Spain's new women's national team coach Montse Tome, looks on during her official presentation at the Spanish soccer federation headquarters in Las Rozas, just outside of Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Tome replaced Jorge Vilda less than three weeks after Spain won the Women's World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales who has now resigned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Hermoso criticizes Spanish soccer federation and accuses it of threatening World Cup-winning players

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, left, stands next to Spain Head Coach Jorge Vilda after being received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Rubiales resigned, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, from his post after a kissing scandal that tarnished Spain's victory at the Women's World Cup. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Rubiales denies wrongdoing to Spanish judge investigating his kiss of a player at Women’s World Cup

By Alicia León and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Then President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, top right, stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after their World Cup victory at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, on Aug. 22, 2023. One day before Spain’s new women’s coach announces her first squad, the players who won the Women’s World Cup have yet to say if they are ready to come back to the team after rebelling against their disgraced former federation president. Spain’s women have had little chance to celebrate their greatest soccer achievement because Luis Rubiales caused an uproar when he kissed a player on the lips without her consent at the awards ceremony last month in Sydney. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) **FILE**

Spain’s women’s team is still in revolt one day before the new coach names her Nations League squad

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, right, hugs Spain's Aitana Bonmati on the podium following Spain's win in the final of Women's World Cup soccer against England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Rubiales has resigned, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, from his post after a kiss scandal which tarnished Spain's victory at the Women's World Cup. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file) **FILE**

Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales resigns after nonconsensual kiss at Women’s World Cup final

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President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, foreground, stands stands next to Spain Head Coach Jorge Vilda after being received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The Spanish soccer federation has fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda less than three weeks after Spain won the Women’s World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Spanish prosecutors accuse Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player at World Cup

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Spain's Jennifer Hermoso, right, and head coach Jorge Vilda listen to reporters' questions during a press conference at Eden Park ahead of the Women's World Cup semifinal match between Spain and Sweden in Auckland, New Zealand, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The Spanish soccer federation fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women’s World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

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FILE - President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after being received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The kiss by Luis Rubiales has unleashed a storm of fury over gender equality that almost marred the unprecedented victory but now looks set to go down as a milestone in both Spanish soccer history but also in women's rights.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Spain opens case against soccer chief for World Cup kiss. Luis Rubiales breaks weeklong silence

By Ciarán Giles and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against the President of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support to support Spain's national women's soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Madrid on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Spain faces reckoning over sexism in soccer after federation head kisses player at Women's World Cup. Banner reads in Spanish "it's over" and "Rubiales is out of the game". (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Spain condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss, now reckons with sexism in soccer

By Teresa Medrano and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - President of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales, stands with Spain's Women's World Cup soccer team after being received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The kiss by Luis Rubiales has unleashed a storm of fury over gender equality that almost marred the unprecedented victory but now looks set to go down as a milestone in both Spanish soccer history but also in women's rights.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

A Spanish soccer official’s kiss unleashed fury, soul-searching over sexism, and a hunger strike

By Ciarán Giles - Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales speaks during an emergency general assembly meeting in Las Rozas, Friday Aug. 25, 2023. Rubiales has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player, Jennifer Hermoso, on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales had also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain's Queen Letizia and the 16-year-old Princess Sofía nearby. (Real Federación Española de Fútbol/Europa Press via AP)

One week after sullying the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales is now a Spanish soccer outcast

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales speaks during an emergency general assembly meeting in Las Rozas, Friday Aug. 25, 2023. Rubiales has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player, Jennifer Hermoso, on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final. Rubiales had also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain's Queen Letizia and the 16-year-old Princess Sofía nearby. (Real Federación Española de Fútbol/Europa Press via AP)

FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kiss

By Graham Dunbar and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press