Calls for Resignation and Hunger Strikes: Spain's Soccer Federation Faces Sexism Reckoning
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Regional leaders from the Spanish football association (RFEF) have requested the resignation of president Luis Rubiales after he kissed Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup final without her consent. The RFEF has also asked for itself to be suspended by UEFA, but the request has been rejected. Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by FIFA for 90 days, and there is mounting pressure for him to step down, with Spain's World Cup-winning squad refusing call-ups until there is a change in leadership. Spanish prosecutors have opened a sexual assault investigation into Rubiales.
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