Luis Rubiales, Spain's football chief, says he will not resign despite the uproar over his unsolicited kiss of national player Jenni Hermoso.
In a joint statement sent via their FUTPRO union, all 23 of the cup-winning squad including Hermoso, as well as 32 other squad members, said they would not play internationals while Rubiales remains head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation .In the same statement, Hermoso denied Rubiales' contention that the kiss he gave her at the medal ceremony after Spain beat England 1-0 in the final in Sydney, Australia, was consensual.
Hermoso had said in a video streamed on social media last Sunday, "I didn't like it, but what can I do".Rubiales, 46, has come under increasing pressure to leave his post since the incident. Its disciplinary committee was tasked with weighing whether Rubiales violated its code relating to "the basic rules of decent conduct" and "behaving in a way that brings the sport of football and/or FIFA into disrepute".
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