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Spain’s football crisis has gone nuclear with troubling video of footballers looking like prisoners exposing another ugly twist.

Matildas stars Sam Kerr and Hayley Raso have been nominated for the prestigious Ballon d’Or, marking the first time two Australians have made the shortlist for football’s most coveted individual award.

Jenni Hermoso has filed a complaint to police over an “unsolicited kiss” by Spanish football federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales at the Women’s World Cup final.

The Spanish Government has made a ridiculous blunder, seemingly mistaking the sister of Argentinian football Mauro Icardi for its own World Cup winning captain.

Suspended Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has launched an extraordinary attack as he serves his 90-day ban.

Spain’s sports court has agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women’s World Cup player as the scandal-hit football chief insisted he would defend himself to “prove the truth”.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said Luis Rubiales’ kiss on the mouth of Spanish women’s football star Jenni Hermoso “should never have happened”.

The uncle of suspended Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has labelled his nephew “a boy”, as well as levelling accusations of his interactions with women.

New footage has emerged of Luis Rubiales’ infamous World Cup kiss that contradicts the disgraced Spanish football chief’s claims about the incident.

Luis Rubiales’ elderly mother has locked herself in a church and gone on a hunger strike over the “inhumane witch-hunt” against her football chief son, as the Spanish football federation’s regional presidents asked him to resign on Monday.