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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”.

Australia has been eliminated from the FIBA World Cup, crashing to a 91-80 defeat at the hands of Slovenia on Friday night.

Veteran NBA referee Eric Lewis has retired three months after the league began an investigation into “burner” social media accounts that vociferously defended his officiating, the New York Post reports.

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.

After plenty of talk about Ben Simmons all summer, the enigmatic Net finally opened up about his rehab, his status and relationship with head coach Jacque Vaughn.

Ben Simmons insists he is “100 per cent” interested in representing Australia at the 2024 Olympics in Paris as he looks to put an injury-riddled two years behind him.