What has God got to do with Rubiales, Jenny Hermoso and that World Cup kiss?

Luis Rubiales’ mother locked herself in a church to petition the Lord for her son, who is facing the sack after he kissed Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the lips during World Cup final celebrations. While her motherly instinct to turn to God is well placed, she might not find the answer she is expecting, says Jane Chevous

In what has been described as a Spanish #MeToo moment, the controversy continues over Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss of player Jenni Hermoso, after the Spanish football team won the Women’s World Cup final.

Temporarily suspended by FIFA, after Spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into what Hermoso described as “an impulsive act, sexist, out of place and without any type of consent from my part”, Rubiales has refused to resign, despite calls to do so from RFEF colleagues.