Disgraced Spanish World Cup final chief Luis Rubiales fails in appeal against three-year football ban - one day after being found GUILTY of kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent

That we have to talk about this again is good because it changes society and I stand with the Spanish players,

Wiegman told ITV on Friday, moments after England's 1-1 Nations League draw with Portugal

They have so much courage to do this and it does make change, but more change needs to be made. They are still in it and it's just really unfortunate that we can't talk about ... well, we are talking about football, but we also have to talk about this,

added the Dutchwoman, who dedicated her 2023 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award to the Spanish women's team

It is her intention” to appeal

lawyer Angel Chavarria said on Friday

The appeal sought to set the contested decision aside, or in the alternative to set it partially aside and amend the sanction, or in the further alternative, apply any other disciplinary measures,

CAS said in a statement

Irene Paredesspanish footballer

I think the conviction for sexual assault is correct. What I find somehow striking and strange is that there is no conviction for coercion.”

Irene Paredes, one of the players to testify alongside Hermoso, said of the ruling

We must all be grateful to Jenni, because she took an initiative, in a very difficult moment, to defend the rights and freedom of women and to emphasize that this society, our Spanish society, no longer admits any type of abuse, no longer admits any type of sexual assault,

he said

A kiss without consent is sexual assault,

Spain’s equality minister Ana Redondo said after the verdict

It is a law that protects women against aggression,

Redondo said

The Judge understands that, in view of the magnitude of the assault, a kiss, that it is a sporadic act of the accused, and that he does not require special rehabilitation for the crime, the pecuniary penalty must be chosen, which is less serious than the custodial sentence,

the verdict said

Jenni Hermosofootball player

As a woman, I felt disrespected,

Hermoso said at the trial

I'd spent years fighting to win titles for my team, like the World Cup,

she said

How long are we going to keep demanding heroic behaviour from the victim of a sexual assault? Wasn't she entitled to celebrate such a sporting triumph?"

she asked

This action of giving a woman a kiss on the mouth has a clear sexual connotation, and it is not the normal way of greeting people with whom one does not have an emotional relationship,

Judge José Manuel Clemente Fernández-Prieto said in his ruling on Thursday, El País reported

Lucy Bronzemate

I’m good friends with a lot of the players that have been involved in it and, knowing them, it’s been incredible that these players have had to go through that,

Bronze said

It depends on whether it had been a player with whom I have a great relationship.

Prosecutor Marta Durantez, asked him

What happened had no importance neither for me nor for her,

Rubiales added during his highly anticipated testimony, describing the kiss as 'an act of affection'

Even when I see my daughters I don't kiss them, but at New Year's Eve we kiss each other.

He said

The ruling bans Rubiales from going within a 200-meter (656-foot) radius of Hermoso and from communicating with her for one year,

the court said in a statement

I asked her: 'Can I give you a little kiss?' She said: 'all right.' That’s what happened,

Rubiales told the court

I am absolutely sure that she gave me her permission,

Rubiales told the court in Madrid earlier this month