Jude Bellingham cleared to play in England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final
The Real Madrid star gestured towards the Slovakia bench after scoring an overhead kick to force extra-time in the last-16 tie.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham has been cleared to play in the Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland after being given a suspended one-match ban for a gesture he made in the last-16 match against Slovakia.
The Real Madrid star gestured towards the Slovakia bench after scoring an overhead kick to force extra-time.
Bellingham insisted in a social media post that the gesture was “an inside joke towards some close friends”, but UEFA opened an investigation on Monday to determine whether the gesture “violated the basic rules of decent conduct”.
UEFA announced on Friday that Bellingham had been fined 30,000 euros (£25,400) and issued with a suspended one-match ban. The ban will be triggered by a further offence within one year, UEFA said.
