Women's World Cup 2023

Spanish soccer is ready to move forward three weeks after its women’s team won the Women’s World Cup but had its celebrations marred by a kiss that ignited a crisis.

Luis Rubiales kissed Spain’s Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent after the team won the Women’s World Cup in August.

The Spanish soccer federation has fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda as the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales continues following the country’s Women’s World Cup triumph.

Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women’s World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match.

The mother of Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales has started a hunger strike in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who was suspended after kissing a player on the lips at the Women’s World Cup.

“I won’t resign,” Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales declared four times in quick succession on Friday.

The U.S. women’s national team fell to No. 3 in the latest FIFA rankings following a disappoint Women’s World Cup exit.

Luis Rubiales has refused to resign as president of the Spanish soccer federation despite an uproar for kissing a player on the lips after the Women’s World Cup Final.

FIFA has opened a disciplinary case against Luis Rubiales, the Spanish soccer official who kissed a player on the lips while celebrating the team’s Women’s World Cup triumph.

Spanish coach Jorda Vilda is facing scrutiny after footage emerged showing him touching the chest area of a female assistant while celebrating the only goal of the Women’s World Cup Final.

Luis Rubiales, the man who leads the Spanish soccer federation, took some unwanted attention away from the celebrating players moments after his country won the Women’s World Cup.

Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned after the final of her father’s death, the Spanish soccer federation said.

Fans in Madrid, Barcelona and around the country erupted after the Spanish women’s national team won its first Women’s World Cup title on Sunday.