Tag: Soccer
Jennifer Hermoso: A record goalscorer, serial swearer and icon of Spanish sport
Ask anyone today who Jenni Hermoso is and their answer would probably sound something like this: she’s the Spanish player Luis Rubiales kissed without...
Explained: Rubiales’ FIFA ban, what comes next and what it means for Hermoso and Spain
Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales was provisionally suspended on Saturday from all football-related activities for 90 days by FIFA after he kissed Spain...
Wissam Ben Yedder, the France forward playing on after denying rape charge
Wissam Ben Yedder’s shot had not come to rest in the back of the net before a momentarily silent Beaujoire Stadium erupted into a...
Jenni Hermoso and Luis Rubiales: A timeline of what happened after Spain’s World Cup win
Last Sunday, Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time in their history.Olga Carmona’s first-half goal saw them to a 1-0 victory...
The week World Cup champions Spain resolved to ‘fight to the death’ for change
This has been an extraordinary and tumultuous week for Spanish football, but what happened on Friday was on another level.At a meeting in which...
