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Luis Rubiales, increasingly squeezed: RFEF Regional Presidents Committee demands his resignation | Sports New Spain

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2 years ago

August 28, 2023

Jayden

Luis Rubiales, increasingly squeezed: RFEF Regional Presidents Committee demands his resignation | Sports New Spain

Spanish football is not coming off the humiliating blow of the Women’s World Cup final and Luis Rubiales, day by day, is losing significant support. Now it Committee of Presidents of RFEF Regional and Territorial Federations met and they demanded his resignation.

After the meeting that took place, the group of leaders issued a statement calling for Rubiales to step down immediately and unanimously supporting Pedro Rocha, who has replaced him on an interim basis for the time being.

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The Committee of Regional Presidents of the RFEF calls for the resignation of Luis Rubiales

🔴 Official statement from the RFEF Regional Presidents Committee.

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– RFEF (@rfef) August 28, 2023

On Sunday, August 27, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) called an “urgent and extraordinary” meeting with the Federation’s Committee of Presidents. The purpose? Carry out an “analysis and assessment” of the FIFA suspension of Luis Rubiales.

Just one day later, the Commission clarified several issues. The presidents call for the resignation of Luis Rubiales from the presidency of the RFEF. With the announcement they made, the officials made their position clear and also took the opportunity to congratulate the Women’s Team for winning the 2023 World Cup.

They also called for an organic restructuring of strategic positions in the Federation to start a new stage of management, unanimously supporting Pedro Rocha as interim president of the RFEF.

Here is the full statement:

Following the latest events and the unacceptable behavior that has seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, the presidents ask Mr. Luis Rubiales to resign immediately as president of the RFEF.
Hearty congratulations to the women’s soccer team for winning the World Cup. We appreciate the meaning and legacy of success for Spanish sport. We express our admiration and gratitude to an incomparable group of players and we express our congratulations to all those who have built, all these years with determination, the development of women’s football.
We will urge the respective bodies to carry out a deep and imminent organizational restructuring in strategic positions of the Federation to give way to a new stage of management in Spanish football.
As soon as FIFA suspended Mr. Luis Rubiales, the Federation’s internal protocols have been activated as a result of the suspension.
In addition, we called on President Pedro Rocha to immediately withdraw the last communication on behalf of the Federation with FIFA and UEFA that we were aware of today.
The RFEF remains committed to continuing to deliver on its investment and equity policies for the development of women’s football.
Finally, the Committee of Presidents unanimously gave its support to D. Pedro Rocha to be able to lead a new phase where dialogue and reconciliation with all football institutions is the line to follow. We are available to the CSD and all the institutions involved to continue building the 2030 World Cup bid together.

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What is the Committee of Presidents of Autonomous Federations?

The Committee consists of all the presidents of the Autonomous Federations, which have legal personality, their own and differentiated assets, budget and special legal status. Each of them is governed by general Spanish legislation, by the specific legislation of the Autonomous Community to which they belong, by its Statute and Regulations and, in addition, by its own internal regulations. Among some of its functions is compliance with RFEF rules and guidelines for official matches organized or supervised by it or assigned to them as soon as they cross its territory, as well as disciplinary matters.

Who are the members of the Committee of Presidents?

The Committee consists of the 19 owners of the Autonomous Federations, which are:

Royal Andalusian Football Federation
Royal Aragonese Football Federation
Royal Football Federation of the Principality of Asturias
Balearic Football Association
Canary Football Federation
Cantabrian Football Federation
Football Federation Castilla – La Mancha
Royal Castilla y León Football Federation
Catalan Football Federation
Royal Football Association of Ceuta
Extremaduran Football Federation
Royal Galician Football Federation
Royal Madrid Football Federation
Football Federation of the Region of Murcia
Melilla Football Federation
Navarra Football Federation
Riojan Football Federation
Football Federation of the Community of Valencia
Basque Football Federation

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The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

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8 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jon

The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has placed the former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation (UAF) on the wanted list. Andrei Pavelko. This comes from Ukrainian data Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the database, Pavelko is accused of two criminal articles: embezzlement, misappropriation of property or misappropriation of property through abuse of office, committed on a large scale or by an organized group, as well as official forgery.

On October 9, it became known that the former UAF president had been indicted on new charges. As clarified by the Strana publication, the investigation believes that Pavelko and a group of other Ukrainian football officials took possession of 9.32 million euros, which UAF received from the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) in 2015-2016.

Pavelko had previously been accused of carrying out bribery schemes during the construction of a plant to produce artificial turf for football pitches. In this case, the president of the association was arrested in November 2022, but managed to get bail. In June 2023 he was arrested again; only in February 2024 did he win the appeal and was released. In the same year, according to Ukrainian AveragePavelko traveled abroad, submitting a certificate of disability. Then “Strana” associated the persecution of Pavelko with the fact that Vladimir Zelensky was pressuring him to force him to hand over the position of president of the association to Ukrainian footballer Andrei Shevchenko, who eventually led the UAF in January 2024.

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The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

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9 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jon

The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

Russian Football Federation (RFU) does not rule out an agreement with the coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin reconciling work in the national team and the club. The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.

In November Karpin announced his departure from Dinamo Moscow; he had been working at the club since June. Later, in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, he ruled out a future combination.

“Never say ‘never’, everything happens in life,” Mitrofanov said in response to the question of whether he agreed RFU once again combining Karpin. — Basic RFU against the combination of the work of the national team and club coaches. But during the period of exclusion from official competitions this combination is in some cases possible; several coaches, even at the helm of the national teams, combine their work with that of the club”.

“If we talk about the normal competitive period in which the federation and its team should exist, the combination is impossible, the coach and his staff must be completely focused on the team and solving the assigned tasks. We do not know whether Valery Georgievich will ever contact us again with the question of the combination. I don’t think he knows it either. But it seems to me that he himself has drawn important conclusions and expressed them. The combination places a greater burden on the football team. There, too, they must correctly evaluate their capabilities. When a coach is in the national team, objectively he cannot deal with club matters,” Mitrofanov added.

Previously, Karpin also combined work in the national team and Rostov, but left the club in February this year.

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Jon

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 20 television channels were blocked for illegally broadcasting matches

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9 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jon

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 20 television channels were blocked for illegally broadcasting matches

The media market regulator of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suspended the work of about two dozen television channels that were broadcasting matches of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football tournament in Morocco without a license. This was reported by the Okapi radio station.

By decision of the Supreme Council of Audiovisual Media of the DRC, the broadcast ban on these television channels will last 45 days. The Council noted that these Average guilty of signal piracy and illegal transmission of legally protected content, including CAN matches. Therefore, the rules regulating the functioning of audiovisual communications, as well as copyright, have been seriously violated.

The temporarily banned TV channels are recorded in the largest Congolese cities, including the capital Kinshasa.

The Africa Cup of Nations football matches started on December 21st and will end on January 18th. Teams from 24 African countries are participating in the tournament. The matches take place in six cities in Morocco.

The first CAS championship took place in 1957. Since 1968 the tournament has been held every two years. It is considered the main African football championship among national teams.

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Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.