“I am here because there has been injustice with Luis Rubiales,” Juan Tamayo tells The Athletic.

“This is very strong. It cannot be that a person is being called an abuser for a little peck, a kiss. When we all know that he is not. It is despicable. There are many worse things that have happened — a woman died last week and there was not all this brouhaha. It is a double standard.”

Tamayo is a resident of Motril, the Andalusian home town of Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales, who has been suspended by FIFA for his behaviour after Spain won the Women’s World Cup on August 20.

The 46-year-old was filmed kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips as Spain collected their medals.

Rubiales has been heavily criticised by many in Spain, including the country’s acting president Pedro Sanchez, who called his actions unacceptable and called on him to consider his position. Acting minister for equality Irene Montero tweeted that his kiss was “sexual abuse”.

However, these sentiments were not shared by all of those who gathered outside Motril’s Church of the Divine Shepherdess on Monday. Or all of those inside.

Angeles Bejar, Rubiales’ mother, had entered the church on Monday morning to begin a hunger strike. Some protesters held up banners including ‘Stop Rubiales being…

Alex Baena’s legal case against Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde has been dismissed by a magistrates’ court as it is claimed there is no evidence of criminality.

Valverde, 24, was accused of punching Villarreal’s Baena, 21, during a furious confrontation in the aftermath of Real Madrid’s 3-2 home defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu in April.

The Uruguayan is alleged to have confronted Baena – a Spain under-21 international – in the area where the team buses park up at the stadium and threw a punch at him.

Baena, who was later seen with a bruised and swollen cheekbone, filed a police complaint over the incident but that has now been dismissed.

Prior to this decision, the investigating judge had proposed to the Competition Committee that Valverde should be suspended for five matches.

The potential suspension is still hanging over Valverde’s head despite the case being thrown out of court.

Real Madrid still have the option to appeal Valverde’s ban, which is due to begin at the start of next season.

As it is a very high sporting sanction and the judge has dismissed the legal case, Madrid will be hoping Valverde’s punishment is reduced at the very least.

Baena was alleged to have made a comment to Valverde about the unborn baby his wife, Mina Bonino, was carrying after it…