Luis Suarez banned for nine matches and four months from all Football



Fifa made the ruling after footage emerged of Uruguay striker Suarez biting down on the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in the 80th minute of their World Cup clash.
Luis Suarez has been banned from all football for four months and nine Fifa international matches after biting an Italian defender.
The ban will mean he misses the rest of the international tournament, including Uruguay's last 16 match against Colombia on Saturday, and the start of the Premier League next season.
'Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and in particular not at a Fifa World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field,' said Claudio Sulser, chairman of the Fifa disciplinary committee.
The nine-game ban will serve during Uruguay's next nine fixtures, including the game against Colombia, while the four month ban will exclude him from all football activities until late October.
By banning Suarez from all football activities, Fifa also prohibited Suarez from even entering a stadium at the World Cup.

It also stops him from even training with Liverpool until the ban ends in late October.
'He cannot be actively involved' with a club, Fifa spokeswoman Delia Fischer said.
Suarez and the Uruguay football federation can appeal the sanctions, though Liverpool could not be formally involved in any legal challenge, Fischer said.
The four-month ban includes Liverpool's first three Champions League group-stage games in the five-time European champion's return after a five-year absence.
Suarez will also miss the first nine matches of the Premier League and has been ruled out of next year's Copa America.
Officials also fined the Liverpool striker 100,000 Swiss francs, equivalent to £65,000.
Fischer said Suarez would still be allowed transfer to a different club during the ban, but would not be able to play for a new club until the sanction ends.
Fischer said any appeal must first go to the Fifa appeal committee. If rejected, Suarez and Uruguay could take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
At CAS, Suarez could first appeal to have the sanctions frozen during the process which would clear him to return early for Liverpool.
The Uruguay Football Association have told local media that they will decide in the coming hours whether to appeal the ban.
Ian Ayre, chief executive officer of Liverpool Football Club, said: 'The club will wait until we have seen and had time to review the FIFA Disciplinary Committee report before making any further comment.'
While the ban does not stop Suarez from moving teams this summer, it is expected to put an end to his hopes of moving to FC Barcelona, as he will be unable to pay their opening matches.
The latest ban marks the third time that the married father-of-two has been barred from playing because of biting.

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