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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Ciarn Giles

Mother of beleaguered Spanish football federation chief starts hunger strike in church to defend him

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The mother of the Spanish soccer federation president has started a hunger strike in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who is under fire for kissing a player during the recent Women’s World Cup awards ceremony.

Ángeles Béjar, mother of suspended federation president Luis Rubiales, told the state news agency EFE she would remain on hunger strike “night and day” until a solution is found to “the bloody and inhumane hounding” of her son.

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