Spain Government to Oversee the Country’s Football

The Spanish government has formed a special committee that will oversee the country’s football federation.

The committee will be in place until the governing body holds new elections following the scandal surrounding its former president, Luis Rubiales.

Rubiales was arrested earlier this month as part of a corruption investigation.

He is also separately due to go on trial for sexual assault for kissing Spain player Jenni Hermoso after last summer’s World Cup final.

Hermoso said that the kiss “was not consensual” but Rubiales consistently denied any wrongdoing until his eventual resignation in September.

Spain’s National Sports Council said the government’s involvement has come “in response to the crisis in the organisation and in defence of the general interest of Spain.

Football’s world governing body Fifa and European governing body Uefa say they are closely monitoring the situation with great concern.

Fifa regulations state that member nations shall manage their affairs independently and without influence from third parties.