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Spain legal panel opens case against suspended soccer chief over World Cup kiss, reports say

Sep 1, 2023 | 11:32 AM

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales, the state news agency Efe said.

Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for kissing a player on the lips without consent after Spain won the recent Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.

FIFA has already suspended Rubiales for 90 days while it studies the case.

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