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Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of the building Madrid: At least seven people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with four more reported injured. Search and rescue work was still ongoing at the club in the southeastern city of Murcia, according to the…
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The bull running festival attracts huge crowds. (Representational Pic) A 61-year-old man died after being attacked by a bull at a festival in Spain’s Valencia. According to the BBC, the incident took place in the town of Pobla de Farnals on Saturday. The man was rushed to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery but died…
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Spain’s world champions and their Swedish opponents on Friday held up a banner with the slogan “It’s over” in protest over the sexism scandal which has engulfed the Spanish football federation. Spain won the Nations League clash in Gothenburg 3-2 when Mariona Caldentey converted a penalty six minutes into added time. The pre-match protest came…
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Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales continued to insist his kiss on Jenni Hermoso’s lips after the Women’s World Cup final was “a mutual act”, in an interview broadcast Tuesday in the United Kingdom. World Cup-winning Spain midfielder Hermoso, 33, says the kiss was not consensual and a Spanish judge has summoned Rubiales to…
Spanish football has been affected by the “kissing” controversy© AFP Suspended Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales said Sunday he will resign from his post because of the scandal caused by his kiss on the lips of a Women’s World Cup player. “I’m going to (resign), yes, because I cannot continue my work,” said Rubiales in an interview with…
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Spanish public prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against football chief Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent, the prosecutors office said Friday. Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Rubiales, 46, sparked a worldwide backlash after forcibly kissing Hermoso during the medal ceremony following Spain’s…
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Spanish football has been affected by the ‘kiss’ controversy© AFP The Spanish football federation on Tuesday sent its “most sincere apologies” for the “totally unacceptable behaviour” of suspended president Luis Rubiales over his forcible kiss on a Women’s World Cup player. The RFEF offered its “most sincere apologies… for the totally unacceptable behaviour of its…
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Spanish football has been affected by the ‘kiss’ controversy© AFP Royal Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales‘ mother has locked herself inside a church and has announced a hunger strike following the controversy surrounding her son’s conduct at the FIFA Women’s World Cup final. Rubiales kissed Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso after the team’s historic victory…
