Luis Rubiales: Spanish FA president's mother on hunger strike over kiss row

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The parent of Spanish shot federation president Luis Rubiales has gone connected a hunger onslaught due to the fact that of the "inhuman hunt" against her son.

There has been wide disapproval of Rubiales, 46, aft helium kissed guardant Jenni Hermoso connected the lips pursuing Spain's Women's World Cup last win.

His mother, Angeles Bejar, has present locked herself successful a religion successful Motril.

She told Spanish quality bureau EFE the onslaught would proceed "indefinite, time and night".

Hermoso, 33, said the buss during the presumption ceremonial successful Sydney connected 20 August was not consensual.

Rubiales vowed not to resign connected Friday but was suspended by satellite football's governing assemblage Fifa connected Saturday.

Spanish media person gathered extracurricular the Divina Pastora religion successful Motril connected the confederate Spanish coast, the municipality wherever Rubiales was raised.

Bejar told EFE that the "inhuman and bloody hunt that they are doing with my lad is thing helium does not deserve".

The Spanish authorities has asked for Spain's Sports Tribunal (TAD) to suspend Rubiales, a petition which volition beryllium discussed astatine a TAD gathering connected Monday.

The Spanish shot federation (RFEF) has besides called determination federations to an "extraordinary and urgent" gathering connected Monday "to measure the concern successful which the federation finds itself".

When it announced it had suspended Rubiales connected Saturday, Fifa ordered him, the RFEF and its officials and employees not to effort to interaction Hermoso, who the RFEF had threatened with ineligible action earlier that day.

How did the concern get to this point?

20 August - During the ceremonial pursuing the World Cup final, Spanish guardant Jenni Hermoso is archetypal embraced and past kissed connected the lips by Luis Rubiales.

Hermoso aboriginal reacts to the buss during a unrecorded watercourse and says she "did not enjoy" it.

21 August - Rubiales issues an apology saying helium is "sorry for those who were offended" aft being fiercely criticised by different footballers, the media and adjacent by the Spanish premier minister, immoderate of whom called connected him to measurement down.

24 August - World football's governing assemblage Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings to analyse Rubiales' actions.

25 August - A defiant Rubiales insists astatine a RFEF exigency gathering that helium volition not resign, and calls the buss "consensual".

25 August - The Spanish authorities says it is opening ineligible proceedings seeking to suspend Rubiales, with the Spanish caput of athletics saying helium "wants this to beryllium Spanish football's MeToo moment".

25 August - Later that day, Hermoso releases a connection connected Instagram rebuffing Rubiales' claims, saying that "at nary time... was his buss ever consensual".

25 August - 81 Spanish players - including each 23 players who went to the Women's World Cup - denote they volition not play for Spain's women's squad until Rubiales is removed from his position.

26 August - The Spanish shot federation says it volition instrumentality ineligible enactment implicit "each falsehood that is spread".

26 August - Fifa announces it is provisionally suspending Rubiales pending the result of its disciplinary proceedings.

26 August - World Cup-winning caput manager Jorge Vilda criticises Rubiales portion his full coaching unit resigns successful protestation against the federation president.

27 August - Federation's delegate for intersexual unit protocol confirms an interior probe into events is nether way.

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