The verdict and sentencing could come as early as next week. Rubiales is on trial for sexual assault for the kiss on Hermoso's lips in the presentation ceremony at the 2023 Women's World Cup final.

The lawyers for Rubiales and Hermoso did not immediately return calls seeking comment. “A kiss without consent is sexual assault,” Spain’s equality minister Ana Redondo said after the verdict.

Spain’s high court on Thursday found Luis Rubiales, the former president of the country’s national soccer federation, guilty of sexual assault over his nonconsensual kiss of player Jenni ...