Spain’s Female Soccer Players Call Off Wage Dispute Strike
Players in Spain’s women’s soccer league have called off a strike that delayed the opening of the season after reaching an agreement with the league over minimum salaries, a rare…
Sexism in Spanish Women’s Soccer: Bedtime Check-Ins and Verbal Abuse
Last summer, when Beatriz Álvarez landed the job as president of the Spanish women’s soccer league, she asked to meet the chief of the country’s soccer federation by videoconference, she…
Judge Vacates Convictions in Bribery Case Over Soccer Broadcast Deals
Less than six months after a federal jury convicted a former Fox employee and an Argentine sports marketing company of participating in a scheme to pay bribes in exchange for…
Spain’s Soccer Federation Forces Reckoning With Sexism
Laura Marqués has never been much interested in soccer. She doesn’t watch the Spanish league games or know the names of the players. She didn’t even watch the Spanish women’s…
Spanish Soccer Chief Finds His Defenders Backing Away
When the president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, kissed Jennifer Hermoso, a star forward on the Spanish national team that had just won the Women’s World Cup, much…
Spanish Soccer Body Threatens to Sue Over Player’s Account of Kiss
Spain’s soccer federation late Friday threatened legal action to protect its president’s reputation after a member of Spain’s victorious women’s World Cup championship team said he had forcibly grabbed and…
Spanish Soccer Chief Rubiales Refuses to Resign Over World Cup Kiss
The head of the Spanish soccer federation, under fire after he grabbed and kissed a member of the winning team fully on the lips at a Women’s World Cup medals…