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Spain upholds fine against football chief for forced kiss
AFP, Published on 25/06/2025
» MADRID - A Spanish court on Wednesday confirmed the 10,800-euro fine disgraced former football federation chief Luis Rubiales received for forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso, a sentence feminist groups condemned as too lenient.
Trial of Spain's ex-football chief over forced kiss to begin
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» MADRID - Spain's former football chief Luis Rubiales goes on trial on Monday over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso with the player scheduled to take the stand.
Trump and Fox News locked in 'invigorated' marriage of convenience
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» NEW YORK — Since being sworn in as president of the world's most powerful nation, Donald Trump has been sure to lavish the standard bearer of the conservative right Fox News with scoops, favors and an exclusive interview.
Spain's RFEF sorry for Rubiales scandal, fires women's coach
AFP, Published on 06/09/2023
» MADRID - Spain's football federation on Tuesday apologised for the "totally unacceptable behaviour" of Luis Rubiales over his World Cup kiss and fired the team's controversial coach, appointing a woman in his sted as part of an overhaul.
Kiss row highlights Spain revolt over 'old world' machismo
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» MADRID - The huge outcry in Spain over football federation chief Luis Rubiales' forcible kiss of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso highlights the waning power of male chauvinism in a country that has become a benchmark for feminism, experts say.
Spanish players strike over World Cup kiss incident
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» BARCELONA: Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso joined a mass strike of women players on Friday after saying she did not consent to being kissed by the country's football federation chief Luis Rubiales after Spain's victory in the Women's World Cup final.
Spanish football chief refuses to quit over kiss
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» BARCELONA: Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales refused to resign on Friday after a week of widespread criticism for his unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso following Spain's Women's World Cup triumph.
New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird
AFP, Published on 29/04/2023
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.
'Lightyear' makers unfazed by bans in places with 'backward beliefs'
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» PARIS - The makers of Disney-Pixar's new blockbuster about Buzz Lightyear told AFP on Thursday that they were warned of a likely backlash against the same-sex marriage it features, but did not care.
Ice day for a swim: Braving America's ice water 'Olympics'
AFP, Published on 28/02/2022
» NEWPORT (UNITED STATES) - In Newport, Vermont, near the border with Canada, 76-year-old Ginny Peck gingerly steps into Lake Memphremagog. The temperature is just above zero and she's competing in America's ice swimming "Olympics."