Rubiales resigned in September from his position as RFEF president, saying his position had become untenable
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Rubiales was on the podium to congratulate Jorge Vilda and his players following their 1-0 win over England in the final, which saw Spain crowned Women’s World Cup champions for the first time.
FIFA had opened disciplinary proceedings against Rubiales two days ago over the incident with player Jenni Hermoso last Sunday in Sydney that has caused an uproar among players and fans.
“(We) decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level,” world football’s governing body said in a statement.
Rubiales has refused to resign after kissing forward Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win over England in Sydney.
The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, on Tuesday said that Luis Enrique would return to his job as Spain coach including the Qatar World Cup in 2022.
Luis Enrique has been forced to quit as Spain coach because of a serious family problem.
Spain’s national soccer team coach, Luis Enrique, will quit as manager to be replaced by his number two, Robert Moreno, Spanish newspaper, Marca reported on Wednesday.
An RFEF circular was sent to clubs on Thursday confirming that games would no longer kick off before 19:30 local time from May 20 to September 15 because of the heat.
La Liga’s Monday night games, which have provoked long-running mass protests from supporters, will be discontinued from next season, Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales announced on Friday.
The league’s ambition to stage January 26’s Girona verses Barcelona fixture in Miami have been met with resistance from the Spanish soccer federation, which last week refused to back the idea until they received more information.
A former midfielder for Sporting Gijon, Real Madrid and Barcelona, Luis Enrique won two Liga titles, one Champions League and three King’s Cups as Barca coach between 2014 and 2017.
Earlier on Wednesday, Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales announced at a press conference that Lopetegui had been sacked as Spain head coach after negotiating with Real Madrid without any prior notification.
This was after the country’s federation said he failed to tell them he had agreed to join Real Madrid after the tournament.
The Spanish Football Association president, Luis Rubiales, was supposed to be at Fifa’s congress in Moscow on Wednesday but flew to Spain’s training base late on Tuesday night to deal with the matter
Lopetegui was yesterday confirmed as the new Real Madrid manager and will replace Zinedine Zidane at the helm of the 13-time European champions after the end of Spain’s World Cup campaign.