The mugshot of Donald Trump or the death in a suspicious plane crash of the Wagner leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, have been major events this week for the international pressbut the ‘non-resignation’ of Luis Rubiales at the head of the la Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after his controversial kiss Jenni Beautiful, also. European media have echoed the speech of the president of the federation in their online editions on Friday afternoon.
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BBC, The Guardian or Le Monde, have reserved space in their first entries for the words of the controversial sports leader. “Rubiales refuses to resign,” headlines the BBC in a piece of news located in its first ‘scroll’, the newspaper approaches the issue in a very similar way ‘Guardian‘, which also carries news of the reactions live. “Rubiales refuses to resign after forcibly kissing a player,” he headlines ‘the world‘. Even ‘The New York Times’ has collected the facts in a news item. According to the articles, the controversial attitude of the Spanish coach is not an internal matter.
This man lives in another world. Rubiales’ decision not to resign is already urgent on UK television 🇬🇧 Sky News interrupts its programming to break the news… pic.twitter.com/GRbAGUXiuC
– Enrique Rubio (@EnriqueRubio78) August 25, 2023
Up to five times the president of the RFEF has repeated the same phrase: “I am not going to resign.” This has been collected by Spanish and international media in their various reports. They already echoed at first when the controversy broke out and today they have given the last hour. ‘skynews‘ He has even gone so far as to interrupt his programming to give the information as urgent. ‘Liberation’ He has chosen to pick up Rubiales’ defense: “It was a spoiled kiss”, they headlined in quotes.
desde @TheAthleticFC: Luis Rubiales has refused to step down from his role as Spanish FA president amid widespread criticism over his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final when he kissed a player and grabbed his crotch in celebration. https://t.co/fJzQoJMjYv
—The New York Times (@nytimes) August 25, 2023