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FIFA banned Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from all football activities for four months on Thursday for biting an opponent at the World CupItaly's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil.
It's the third time he's served a suspension for biting an opponent - after similar incidents at both Ajax in the Dutch league and Liverpool in England - and the second straight World Cup where Suarez exits in disgrace.
The four-month ban will sideline Suarez for the first two months of Liverpool's season. He was also suspended for Uruguay's next nine matches, which extends beyond the four months and rules him out of next year's Copa America, where his team is the defending champion.
Aside from Diego Maradona's 15-month suspension for a failed drug test at the 1994 tournament, it's the longest ban handed out to a player at the World Cup.
FIFA also fined Suarez 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000).
Uruguay’s football federation said it plans an appeal to FIFA before the team’s round-of-16 game against Colombia on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.
Suarez bit the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 win in the group stage on Tuesday, but escaped unpunished as the referee did not see the incident.
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