By Andrew Warshaw
August 1 – FIFA has imposed a two-match ban on Colombia’s Lady Andrade for punching the United States’ Abby Wambach during the Americans’ 3-0 women’s football win at London 2012 last weekend.
Wambach (pictured above, right) claimed she was hit in the right eye by Andrade in the 39th minute and, after the game, called for FIFA to take action, while Andrade insisted it was “an accident”.
The United States team did not file a formal complaint against Andrade, but it did contact FIFA whose Disciplinary Committee suspended Andrade for yesterday’s final group match against France.
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