Tag: Spain
A group of 20 Spanish players are steadfast in their strike stance, despite receiving call-ups to join new head coach Montse Tome's inaugural squad. Jenni Hermoso, one of the eight members of Spain's Women's World Cup-winning squad, remains absent from the squad after Tome cited her exclusion as a...
In light of recent events, it is crucial to acknowledge the significance of Ignacio Quereda's 27-year tenure as the manager of the Spanish women's team.
Over the years, Spanish women's football has grappled with a deeply entrenched culture of power abuse, intimidation, and extreme control, marked by manipulative behaviours that...
Jorge Vilda, the coach behind Spain's Women's World Cup victory, has condemned his "unjust" firing.
He was abruptly dismissed just weeks after leading the team to triumph in Australia, with Pedro Rocha, acting president of the Spanish Football Federation, making the decision following the disgrace of former president Luis Rubiales.
Interestingly,...
Players from Barcelona and Club America expressed their support for Jennifer Hermoso, a star for Spain at the World Cup, when RFEF president Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips.
Before Tuesday night's friendly between Barca and Club America in Mexico City, players from both teams carried a banner that...
According to Spain's EFE news agency, Luis Rubiales' mother went on a hunger strike in protest of her son's "inhumane treatment" as the head of the Spanish football federation, who has come under fire for an unprovoked kiss on midfielder Jenni Hermoso.
According to the story on Monday, Angeles Bejar...
This is the MeToo moment in Spain.
It's a chance to bring everyone's attention to how women are treated in football, as well as to the irritation many feel at what they perceive to be systematic ignorance at the top of a prestigious organization, the Spanish Football Federation.
Male players are...
81 players indicate they will not play for Spain's women's team unless he is removed from his position, including Jenni Hermoso, who claims she did not agree to being kissed by Spanish football federation head Luis Rubiales.
After kissing Hermoso on the lips during Spain's victory over England in the...
AUGUST 25 (Reuters) - Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), declined to resign over his kiss on Jenni Hermoso's lips following Spain's World Cup triumph, setting up a confrontation with the government.
On Friday, Rubiales lamented that "false feminists" were "trying to kill me" when speaking at...
21 August (Reuters) The 2023 Women's World Cup final, which concluded a tournament that also drew a record number of spectators to the stadiums, generated record television watching statistics for women's football.
Record numbers of viewers in both countries tuned in to witness Spain defeat England 1-0 in the final...
AUGUST 22TH, MADRID (Reuters) - Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated on Tuesday that the public apologies of the head of the Spanish soccer federation for his unwanted kiss of national player Jenni Hermoso amid celebrations of Spain's triumph in the Women's World Cup was "not enough."
The event, which...
