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Luis Rubiales’ appeal against a three-year Fifa ban from football has been dismissed.<\/b><\/p>\n
Football’s world governing body suspended the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) from any football-related activity for three years in October 2023.<\/p>\n
It followed a kiss on the lips of<\/a> Spain player Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony after the team won the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup final.<\/p>\n On Friday the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Rubiales’ appeal, external<\/span><\/a> on the grounds that “the sanction imposed is reasonable and proportional”.<\/p>\n CAS agreed with Fifa’s appeals committee – who upheld the suspension<\/a> in January 2024 – that Rubiales “behaved in a manner contrary to the principles of the Fifa Disciplinary Code”.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Spain’s High Court convicted Rubiales of sexual assault<\/a> for kissing Hermoso, 34, without consent and fined him 10,800 euros (\u00a38,942).<\/p>\n Rubiales, 47, was also banned from going within a 200m radius of the Tigres player – and from communicating with her for one year.<\/p>\n He was acquitted of coercion, for allegedly trying to pressure Hermoso into saying publicly that the kiss was consensual.<\/p>\n Rubiales resigned from his position as the RFEF president but has always maintained the kiss was consensual.<\/p>\n Both Rubiales and Hermoso intend to appeal<\/a> the verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n