Luis Rubiales' appeal against the three-year ban from football given to him by Fifa is dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The highest court in global sport dismissed an appeal by former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales on Friday after he was banned from any football-related activity for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the 2023 women's World Cup final.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday dismissed an appeal by former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales against a three-year ban from the sport imposed by FIFA for kissing Spain player Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.

The U.S. women's national team play their first games of the year when they kick off the 10th annual SheBelieves Cup against Colombia on Thursday. Both squads faced each other nearly a year ago during the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup with the U.

In its first match of 2025, the Americans opened the SheBelieves Cup with a 2-0 win over Colombia thanks to quality goals from Catarina Macario and Ally Sentnor.

Catarina Macario scored her first international goal in nearly three years when the U.S. women's national team defeated Colombia 2-0 in its opening match of the SheBelieves Cup in Houston on Thursday.

Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting player Jenni Hermoso for kissing her after the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, an incident that overshadowed Spain’s first world title in women’s soccer and sparked debate about sexism in the sport.

Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexual assault of stemming from his nonconsensual kiss on the lips of footballer Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 World Cup Final.

Former Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales was found guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a soccer player Jenni Hermoso in 2023 but was found innocent on coercion charges.