Players had accused the coach, Jorge Vilda, of outdated methods and controlling behavior. His boss, Luis Rubiales, is still embroiled in scandal over a nonconsensual kiss.
Tag: Soccer
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Judge Vacates Convictions in Bribery Case Over Soccer Broadcast Deals
Hernán López, a former Fox employee, and an Argentine sports marketing company had been convicted of participating in a bribery scheme to secure rights to widely viewed tournaments.
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A Shocking Soccer Kiss Demonstrates the Power of Scandal
By generating public outrage, scandals make inaction costly: suddenly, doing nothing carries greater risks.
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Pressure Mounts on Rubiales Over Kiss at World Cup
Luis Rubiales has defied calls to resign, now echoed by his own federation. Soccer’s world governing body has suspended him, and prosecutors have opened an initial investigation.
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Spain’s Soccer Federation Forces Reckoning With Sexism
The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has come to embody the generational fault line between a culture of machismo and more recent progressivism.