 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Rubiales added it was a 'spontaneous' and 'consensual' kiss that took place during the trophy presentation last Sunday, but on Friday evening Hermoso reiterated: 'I want to clarify, that at no time did I consent to the kiss. 'I don't tolerate that my word is questioned, much less that words are invented that I haven't said.' 56 players including Hermoso and her World Cup-winning teammates subsequently signed a joint statement demanding Rubiales be sacked, insisting they will not play for their country again unless he is removed from his position. The statement has been widely supported, with each of the Lionesses sharing a joint statement of their own on social media. 'Unacceptable actions allowed to happen by a sexist and patriarchal organisation,' it read. 'Abuse is abuse and we have all seen the tr){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
BBC News made a slight error after showing footage of former Manchester City player Pablo Zabaleta instead of Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales and the controversy surrounding the Women’s World Cup final.
RFEF chief Rubiales, 46, still remains in his post despite being provisionally suspended by FIFA and condemned across the world for kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent following Spain’s Women’s World Cup win over England earlier this month.
An emergency assembly was called last Friday in which Rubiales was expected to resign, but instead he gave an astonishing speech in which he hit out at his critics and insisted he would not leave.
Unfortunately, Zabaleta was thrown into the mix after the BBC used footage of him while covering the daily bulletin.