All of Spain's national women's football coaching staff except for the chief have stepped down after the country's football federation president Luis Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after her team's victory in the World Cup final.
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00:00 All but the chief of Spain's national women's football coaching staff have stepped down
00:05 after the country's Football Federation president, Luis Rubiales, kissed player Jennifer Hermoso
00:10 after her team's victory in the World Cup.
00:12 The eleven staff members called it inappropriate.
00:15 FIFA has suspended Rubiales from all football-related activity for 90 days.
00:19 "We respect, as there is no other way, the decision FIFA has taken.
00:25 We consider it to reinforce the position of the government in terms of the path it has
00:32 taken in relation to the high standards of international football.
00:36 It reinforces and reaffirms that the path the Spanish government has taken yesterday
00:43 afternoon is the right one."
00:45 Rubiales faces inquiries by FIFA and the Spanish Football Federation, but can only be forced
00:50 out by a legal verdict.
00:52 The women's team's head coach, Jochi Wilde, remains in place despite agreeing the kiss
00:56 was wrong.
00:56 (whooshing)