RIO DE JANEIRO - Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, banned from all soccer activity for four months and nine competitive internationals for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match, has lost his appeal, Fifa said yesterday.
Fifa's appeals committee rejected the appeal filed by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), though it can still take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The controversial Liverpool striker sank his teeth into Chiellini's shoulder during Uruguay's 1-0 win over the Italians on June 24. The win sent Uruguay through to the last 16 where, without the banned Suarez, they lost 2-0 to Colombia.
Suarez initially denied biting Chiellini but apologised nearly a week later.
"The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me," Suarez said in a statement on Twitter.
Suarez loses appeal
RIO DE JANEIRO - Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, banned from all soccer activity for four months and nine competitive internationals for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match, has lost his appeal, Fifa said yesterday.
Fifa's appeals committee rejected the appeal filed by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), though it can still take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The controversial Liverpool striker sank his teeth into Chiellini's shoulder during Uruguay's 1-0 win over the Italians on June 24. The win sent Uruguay through to the last 16 where, without the banned Suarez, they lost 2-0 to Colombia.
Suarez initially denied biting Chiellini but apologised nearly a week later.
"The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me," Suarez said in a statement on Twitter.
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