Spanish football chief’s mother declares hunger strike in support of him

Angeles Bejar says Luis Rubiales is incapable of hurting anyone', in row over World Cup kiss of Jenni Hermoso

The mother of Spain's embattled football chief, Luis Rubiales, has reportedly shut herself in a church in southern Spain and declared herself to be on a hunger strike over what she described as the inhumane and bloodthirsty hunt" of her son.

The decision by Angeles Bejar to lock herself into a 19th-century church is the latest twist in a saga that has gripped Spain for the past week after her 46-year-old son grabbed the Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso by the head and planted a kiss on her lips during the World Cup medal ceremony.