England midfielder Jude Bellingham is available to face Switzerland in Saturday’s UEFA European Championship quarterfinal after being given a suspended one-match ban and a €30,000 fine by UEFA for a lewd gesture made in their dramatic round-of-16 win over Slovakia.
Bellingham, 21, celebrated his stunning 95th-minute overhead kick, which forced extra time in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, by kissing his hand and appearing to grab his crotch.
Bellingham subsequently described the incident as “an inside-joke gesture towards some close friends who were at the game” but UEFA’s control, ethics and disciplinary body (CEDB) concluded an investigation on Friday by declaring the Real Madrid star had “violated the basic rules of decent conduct.”
The CEDB said in a statement that they had decided “to fine the English Football Association (FA) player Jude Bellingham €30,000 and…
