The international football governing body, FIFA, has issued a three-year ban to Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Association, on Monday, October 30.

This signifies that Luis Rubiales, entangled in legal disputes after kissing Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso following Spain's victory over England in the 2023 Women's World Cup final, is now prohibited from participating in any professional football activities for three years.

Initially, FIFA temporarily suspended him from football for 90 days before he assumed the role of Spanish FA president in September.

After conducting disciplinary proceedings on Luis Rubiales, FIFA found the 46-year-old Spanish football administrator guilty of violating Article 13 of its disciplinary code.

While Rubiales insisted that the kiss he planted on the female footballer's lips during the 2023 Women's World Cup medal presentation ceremony was "mutual" and "consensual," Hermoso claimed the kiss was not consensual and filed a lawsuit, later upgraded to a criminal suit.

Confirming Rubiales' three-year ban from all football-related activities, FIFA stated that the case pertained to "events that occurred during the Fifa Women’s World Cup final on August 20, 2023, for which Mr. Rubiales had been provisionally suspended for an initial period of 90 days."

FIFA further added, "By the relevant provisions of the Fifa disciplinary code, he has 10 days in which to request a motivated decision, which, if requested, would subsequently be published on legal.fifa.com. The decision remains subject to a possible appeal before the Fifa appeal committee."

Despite the FIFA ban, the criminal suit against Luis Rubiales related to the kissing scandal, filed in a national court in Madrid, will proceed. During the September hearing, the court ordered him to stay at least 200 meters away from Hermoso.