Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales plans to resign on Friday after FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against him over his unsolicited kiss of player Jenni Hermoso during celebrations after Spain's Women's World Cup victory, sources have confirmed to ESPN's Rodrigo Faez.
Rubiales' position had grown increasingly untenable since his behaviour after Spain won the World Cup in Sydney last Sunday.
The kiss forced on the lips of Hermoso has garnered most of the headlines, but he was also seen effusively hugging and kissing other Spain players on the cheek.
Prior to that, immediately after Spain's victory, he had also grabbed his crotch in a victory gesture with 16-year-old Princess Infanta Sofía and Queen Letizia of Spain standing nearby.