Luis Rubiales made headlines when he gave Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips after her team won the FIFA Women's World Cup.
There was an outcry, with calls for him to resign as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
But he refused.
More than a week later, the Spanish football federation will hold an "extraordinary and urgent" meeting about the situation.
Here's how we got here.
What did Luis Rubiales do?
Luis Rubiales was up on stage handing out medals to the Spanish players for their World Cup win after the final match in Sydney on Sunday, August 20.
He hugged Hermoso before he grabbed her face with both hands and kissed her on the lips.
Hermoso told teammates afterwards in the locker room that she "didn't like it", according to video footage posted on Instagram and YouTube by El Mundo newspaper and other media outlets.
Mr Rubiales was criticised by football fans and Spanish politicians over the kiss.
Spanish Football Federation downplays kiss.
Local media quoted a statement RFEF provided to Spanish news agency EFE.
Here's Reuters' translation of the quotes attributed to Hermoso by the RFEF:
"It was mutual gesture that was totally spontaneous prompted by the huge joy of winning a world cup. "The 'presi' and I have a great relationship, his behavior with all of us has always been 10 (out of 10) and this was a natural gesture of affection and gratitude."
Rubiales dismisses 'idiots.'
The following day, Reuters filed a story about the criticism.
It included a quote from Mr Rubiales about the incident in an interview with Radio Marca, a Spanish sport radio station:
"The kiss with Jenni? There are idiots everywhere. "When two people have a moment of affection that means nothing more, you can't listen to idiocy. "We are the champions, that's it."
But this didn't stop the growing chorus of criticism.
Spain's acting Culture and Sports Minister Miquel Iceta said on RNE radio the kiss was "unacceptable" and asked Rubiales to provide an explanation and to apologise.
And the nation's acting Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz called for his resignation.
Rubiales issues apology
Later that day, Rubiales apologised in a video statement published by the federation.
Here's a translation of it from Reuters:
"Surely I was wrong, I have to admit. "It was without bad faith at a time of maximum effusiveness."
He also went on to apologise to Spain's Queen Letizia and Princess SofÃa for grabbing his crotch during celebrations while standing near the pair.
Acting PM says apology is 'not enough.'
The next day — last Tuesday — Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez demanded more:
"We've seen his apology and that's not enough, he must be much clearer and convincing in apologising. "He must take more steps to clarify a behaviour that is unacceptable."
Hermoso demands 'exemplary measures.'
On Wednesday, Hermoso put out a statement with FUTRPO, a Spanish players' union and her management team.
"My union FUTPRO, in coordination with my agency TMJ, are taking care of defending my interests and have taken over as my interlocutors on this matter. "We are working to ensure that acts such as those we have seen never go unpunished, that they are sanctioned and that the exemplary measures are adopted to protect women footballers from actions that we believe are unacceptable."
That same day, Spain's women's football league, Liga F, called for Rubiales to be fired.
FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings.
International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced its disciplinary committee had launched an investigation into the situation on Thursday.
"The events may constitute violations of article 13 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the FIFA disciplinary code," it said.
Article 13 in the code deals with "offensive behaviour" of players and officials, particularly with "violating the basic rules of decent conduct" and "behaving in a way that brings the sport into disrepute".
Reuters reported that Mr Rubiales told his staff he intended to resign.
Rubiales claims kiss was consensual.
RFEF held an emergency assembly, where Mr Rubiales announced he would not resign and said he was the victim of "social assassination".
Mr Rubiales met with key federation members shortly before the assembly and told them about his plans not to resign, a federation source told Reuters.
The unnamed source told Reuters the only person who objected was Rafael del Amo, president of the national committee for women's football, who said he'd step down in protest.
This image was posted to the RFEF website along with video of Mr Rubiales's speech. (Supplied: RFEF)(Supplied: RFEF)
Mr Rubiales said in his speech that Hermoso was the one who initiated physical contact by lifting him off the ground by his hips.
He said he asked Hermoso is he could give her "a little peck" and she said "OK".
Mr Rubiales said the kiss was "spontaneous, mutual, euphoric and consensual".
Here's a translation of some of his speech:
"Is a consensual peck going to take me out of here? "I won't resign. "I will fight until the end."
The address drew applause from the audience, which Reuters reported was predominantly male.
Video posted to the RFEF website showed some members of the audience giving a standing ovation after his speech.
Luis Rubiales told the crowd he would not resign. (Supplied: RFEF) (Supplied: RFEF)(Supplied: RFEF)
Hermoso says kiss was not consensual.
The address prompted swift criticism from players, clubs and government ministers.
Here's what Hermoso said later on Friday:
"I feel obliged to report that Mr Luis Rubiales's words explaining the unfortunate incident are categorically false and part of the manipulative culture that he himself has generated. "I want to make it clear that at no time did the conversation to which Mr Luis Rubiales refers to in his address take place, and, above all, was his kiss ever consensual. "I want to reiterate as I did before that I did not like this incident."
She said she's been under "continuous pressure" to make a statement to justify the president's actions.
Spanish players refuse to play.
Futpro put out a statement signed by dozens of players — including all 23 players in Spain's winning side — refusing to play any international matches under the current leadership.
The statement gains support from across the football community, including major Spanish clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Betis.
Internationally, the Lionesses (England's national football team), the Canadian Players Association and Global players union FIFPRO support the players.
Here's a statement from Hermoso's club in Mexico, Pachuca Femenil:
"Jenni has the full institutional, emotional and personal support of Grupo Pachuca, in this delicate moment of her life and career. "We have full confidence in our athlete, our partner, our friend, our winner, our leader and our World Champion: an extraordinary woman. "We will not leave you alone."
Coaching staff quit in protest.
The entire coaching staff connected to the World Cup win — except for manager Jorge Vilda — resigned.
Four assistant coaches for Spain's senior team, plus two coaches of the women's youth teams, and five other staff members for the senior and youth women's teams also resigned.
So did Mr del Amo.
Spanish government calls for Rubiales's suspension
The Spanish government doesn't have the power to sack Rubiales.
But the government announced it would seek to suspend him using a legal procedure before a sports tribunal.
Here's a statement from Victor Francos, head of the state-run National Sports Council."
"The government starts today the procedure so that Mr. Rubiales has to give explanations before the Sport Court and if the Sport Court agrees, I can announce that we will suspend Mr Rubiales from his functions. "We want all this to be a 'Me Too' of Spanish soccer."
FIFA provisionally suspends Rubiales.
FIFA's disciplinary committee announced it was suspending Mr Rubiales from "all football-related activities at national and international level".
The committee also ordered Rubiales and RFEF officials and employees alike to refrain from contacting or attempting to contact Hermoso or those around her.
The committee said it would not provide any further information on the disciplinary proceedings until a final decision was taken.
RFEF vows to defend Rubiales.
The RFEF put out a statement acknowledging FIFA's decision.
It said the RFEF vice-president Pedro Rocha Junco would assume the interim presidency until the final FIFA decision was made.
The federation said it would show there had been lies told about what happened by Hermoso or people speaking for her
That it would "initiate the corresponding legal actions" to defend Rubiales' honour, without specifying what that would entail.
Here's a snippet of a translation of the statement:
"Luis Rubiales has stated that he will legally defend himself in the competent bodies, he fully trusts the FIFA instances and reiterates that, in this way, he is given the opportunity to begin his defence so that the truth prevails, and his complete innocence is proven."
'Urgent' meeting today
The federation said it would hold an "extraordinary and urgent" meeting on Monday.
The meeting would "evaluate the situation in which the federation finds itself" following his suspension, an RFEF spokesperson said.
We're expecting to hear more about the meeting later today.
