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It’s been less than a week since Spain was crowned FIFA Women’s World Cup champions. Instead of being able to celebrate the huge victory, the news cycle has been dominated by the conduct of Spanish Football Association (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales after he was filmed behaving lewdly while celebrating Spain’s victory and forcing a nonconsensual kiss on star striker Jenni Hermoso.
On Friday, widespread reporting indicated that Royal Spanish Football Association (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales would resign, but instead, Rubiales stood before an assembled RFEF and vowed would fight any attempts to remove him. Despite his protestations, Victor Francos, President of the High Council for Sports (Consejo Superior de Deportes or CSD in Spanish), suspended Rubiales and announced that the government would summon him before the Spanish Court of Arbitration.
How did the Spanish federation fall into such disarray a mere five days after being crowned first-time world champions? And how will this…
