Spain women’s booters decry ‘systematic discrimination’

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Spain’s women soccer players said on Thursday the fight they have waged with the country’s football federation (RFEF) followed decades of “systematic discrimination” and they hoped that it would inspire others to stand up for their rights.

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas said the kiss on the mouth of team mate Jenni Hermoso by then RFEF President Luis Rubiales during the World Cup and his subsequent refusal to resign was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” that prompted the players to boycott playing for the team until leadership changes were made at the federation.

Following negotiations that went on into the early hours of Wednesday, a majority of players agreed to end their boycott.

Between six and nine senior officials of the football federation will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, shortly before the federation announced it had sacked its Secretary General Andreu Camps.