FIFA's Disciplinary Committee opened a review of the "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas" banner shown by Argentina's players after the semi-final, then deferred any sanction until after the tournament and cleared the implicated players to play the final . No verdict has surfaced since the whistle. The White House publicly backed Argentina's position while the review sat open.
The file on Jude Bellingham, over video appearing to show him striking Argentina's Valentin Barco after the semi-final handshake, has produced no action . FIFA has announced neither a charge nor a closure. Bellingham went on to score his seventh goal of the tournament in England's bronze-final win, a record for an England player at a single World Cup.
FIFA gave one reason for holding the Malvinas ruling back, that the competition was still in progress, and the competition finished on 19 July. The Bellingham file never carried a stated reason at all, and no provisional suspension was applied at any point, which left him available for every match England went on to play. Both files now sit with the same committee under no published deadline.
