BREAKING: Luis Suarez Banned For 4 Months
FIFA Suspends and Fines Luis Suarez for 9 Games and 4 Months After Biting Player
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will miss the rest of the World Cup after he was banned today for nine international matches and four months after biting an Italian defender during a game, FIFA said.
Suarez, 27, who also plays for Liverpool in England, will miss the start of the upcoming Premier League season and the club's Champions League games this fall. Furthermore, the ban also covers Uruguay's next nine international matches, which will stretch beyond the next four months, and will almost certainly rule him out of the start of next year's Copa America, South America's continental championship.
"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. The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the case and the degree of Mr. Suarez's guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code. The decision comes into force as soon it is communicated," added Claudio Sulser, who serves as chairman of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee.