The mother of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales is hospitalised after going on hunger strike in protest at the treatment of her son, a local priest says.
, saying everyone has a responsibility to "call out and challenge" sexual harassment and abuse.- During the ceremony following the World Cup final, Spain forward Jenni Hermoso is first embraced and then kissed on the lips by Luis Rubiales.- Rubiales issues an apology saying he is "sorry for those who were offended" after being fiercely criticised by other footballers, the media and even the Spanish prime minister, some of whom called on him to step down.
- Spanish prosecutors open preliminary investigation to see if the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault.- Rubiales' mother taken to hospital on third day of her hunger strike.
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