The resignation of the president of Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced this Sunday by Luis Rubiales after his non-consensual kiss with the soccer player Jenni Hermoso In the final of the Women’s World Cup, it had a huge impact on the mainstream American media, from the New York Times and Washington Post to CNN, who put the news on their digital covers.
“Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales resigns weeks after non-consensual kiss with national team player,” headlines cnn on its website and the news is among the most read of this chain in the American afternoon.
He New York Timeswhich last Thursday published a survey with interviews with more than ten women working in Spanish football, published news on its cover with a similar headline: “The head of Spanish football resigns after the unwanted kiss at the World Cup.”
In the article, the New York newspaper highlighted that pressure on Rubiales “increased after the opening of the investigation by the prosecutor’s office” and after FIFA’s suspension and rejection of the RFEF.
He Wall Street Journal He pointed out in his article, also on the cover, that Rubiales’ resignation happened three weeks after the kiss.
The big American sports networks, like ESPNalso allocate valuable space in their covers to the resignation of Rubiales.
Disqualified for 90 days by FIFA as president of the RFEF, Rubiales announced his resignation from his position after the controversy sparked by his actions after the final of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, when he kissed the the player’s mouth. Jenni Hermoso at the medal ceremony.
The former president also touched her penis during the celebrations for the first Women’s World Cup won by Spain.
Source: La Verdad
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