The head of Spain’s football association will resign amid mounting criticism over his behaviour during celebrations of the country’s Women’s World Cup victory, newspaper El Pais reported.
Luis Rubiales, who has served as head of the Spanish Football association since 2018, on Thursday informed colleagues that he will leave the post on Friday, when the organization holds a general meeting, according to the news report.
Several professional clubs on Thursday issued statements saying Rubiales should step down, including Club Atletico de Madrid, one of Spain’s most powerful. Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez joined the criticism earlier this week, saying it showed that the country is still a long way from achieving equality, and the Spanish women’s league filed a complaint. Star US player Megan Rapinoe said the episode made her “think about how much we are required to endure,” and the obscene gestures signal “such a deep level of misogyny and sexism in that federation and in that man.
The Women’s World Cap had already generated scrutiny of the sport’s leaders after FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that the world’s best women’s players can achieve pay equality if they “convince us men” first.
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