The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, has faced backlash for kissing Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso on the mouth during the post-match ceremony of the Women s World Cup final. While some may see it as a cultural norm, Hermoso herself commented that she didn t like it.
or goal celebrations, whereas in the past they were only putting on a nominal amount of time. now this has drawn some criticism. i m here in brighton for the official launch of the premier league, and i got the thoughts of the premier league ceo, richard masters. we ve redrawn the line, i suppose that s the best way of putting it, this season. and putting definite emphasis on the referee the aggressive stuff, getting up close and personal, putting your hands on the referee is unacceptable. so expect to see those things punished on the pitch, and punished post match, as well. of course, the seagulls finished sixth, making history on the south coast last season which means they ll have to be factoring in european football into an already congested schedule this season. but what does their ceo, paul barber, make of more games and potentially longer matches? player welfare is always really important to us, because we know we are placing demands on the athletes week to week to play at a