The Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, has announced that it would make a decision on Luis Suarez’s appeal against his ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on Thursday, 13 August, 2014.
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It would be recalled that the Uruguayan forward was suspended by FIFA for nine competitive internationals and from all football-related activity for four months after sinking his teeth into Chiellini during the second half of Uruguay’s 1-0 win in a World Cup group game on June 24.
After losing his first appeal with soccer governing body Fifa, the Barcelona forward took his case to CAS, which conducted a hearing on the matter last Friday.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport will announce its decision in the matter Luis Suarez, FC Barcelona and the Uruguayan FA on Thursday 14 August 2014, at around 3pm (1300 GMT),” the Lausanne-based tribunal said in a statement on Wednesday.
“At the request of the appellants and with the agreement of Fifa, the CAS has conducted an expedited arbitration procedure. As a consequence, the CAS Panel has accepted to render its decision within a short period of time but with grounds to follow later.”
It was gathered that the Court of Arbitration for Sport will announce
its decision on the matter at around 3pm (1300 GMT) on Thursday.
Suarez got himself in trouble at the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil during Uruguay’s final group game against Italy on 24 June.
The South American country needed a win to advance to the knockout stage while Italy only needed a draw.
Around the 79th minute with the score at 0–0, Suárez clashed with Chiellini while waiting for a cross. Replays showed that Suárez lunged at Chiellini and bit his shoulder followed by Suárez falling and clutching his face.
As the Italian players protested to Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez for not penalising Suárez, Uruguay won a corner and scored.
The game would finish 1–0 in favour of Uruguay, thus qualifying Uruguay for the knockout stage and eliminating Italy.
Two days later, on 26 June, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Suárez for nine international matches, effective immediately, meaning he would take no further part in the World Cup. The ban almost certainly rules him out of the 2015 Copa América as well. It was the longest such ban in World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy’s Mauro Tassotti for breaking the nose of Spain’s Luis Enrique at USA ’94.
Suarez was also banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months and fined CHF100,000.
The severity of the penalty was due to the fact that it was Suárez’s third biting offence, as well as what FIFA saw as a lack of remorse.
Soon after the suspension was announced, online gambling firm 888poker cancelled its sponsorship deal with Suárez. With Suárez banned, Uruguay lost their next match 0–2 to Colombia and were knocked out of the World Cup.
On the same day the ban was announced, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) said it would appeal against the decision. Suárez’s lawyer claimed that “we don’t have any doubts” of a European-based campaign against Suárez.
Various Uruguayan individuals defended Suárez, questioning if he had actually bitten Chiellini, and criticised the severity of his ban, including: President of Uruguay José Mujica, who labelled the ban “fascist” and called FIFA “a bunch of old sons of bitches”; AUF president Wilmar Valdez; Uruguay captain Diego Lugano; and Uruguay coach Óscar Tabárez, who resigned from two FIFA posts in protest of the ban.
The Uruguayan media were also noted to have been in a defiant and defensive mood. For non-Uruguayan parties, Chiellini, who was bitten, called the ban “excessive”, while international players’ union FIFPro called for Suárez to “receive all the support he needs” and that the “focus should be on the rehabilitation and serious treatment” of Suárez.
Six days after the incident, on 30 June, Suárez apologised to Chiellini through Twitter and vowed never to repeat the incident, while writing that the “physical result of a bite” occurred in a collision with Chiellini.
Chiellini responded through Twitter indicating that all was forgotten and his hope that FIFA would reduce Suárez’s suspension
On 3 July, the AUF made the appeal against Suárez’s ban, but it was rejected by FIFA on 10 July.
With Suárez’s ban not preventing him from transferring to another club, it was announced on 11 July that Suárez had agreed to move to FC Barcelona.
Days before the transfer, Suárez’s apology to Chiellini had been praised by various Barcelona individuals.
Barcelona club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said the apology was “honourable”, sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta welcomed Suárez as being “humble enough to admit an error” while new signing Ivan Rakitić commended Suárez’s “character and strength”
Suarez got himself in trouble at the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil during Uruguay’s final group game against Italy on 24 June.
The South American country needed a win to advance to the knockout stage while Italy only needed a draw.
Around the 79th minute with the score at 0–0, Suárez clashed with Chiellini while waiting for a cross. Replays showed that Suárez lunged at Chiellini and bit his shoulder followed by Suárez falling and clutching his face.
As the Italian players protested to Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez for not penalising Suárez, Uruguay won a corner and scored.
The game would finish 1–0 in favour of Uruguay, thus qualifying Uruguay for the knockout stage and eliminating Italy.
Two days later, on 26 June, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Suárez for nine international matches, effective immediately, meaning he would take no further part in the World Cup. The ban almost certainly rules him out of the 2015 Copa América as well. It was the longest such ban in World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy’s Mauro Tassotti for breaking the nose of Spain’s Luis Enrique at USA ’94.
Suarez was also banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months and fined CHF100,000.
The severity of the penalty was due to the fact that it was Suárez’s third biting offence, as well as what FIFA saw as a lack of remorse.
Soon after the suspension was announced, online gambling firm 888poker cancelled its sponsorship deal with Suárez. With Suárez banned, Uruguay lost their next match 0–2 to Colombia and were knocked out of the World Cup.
On the same day the ban was announced, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) said it would appeal against the decision. Suárez’s lawyer claimed that “we don’t have any doubts” of a European-based campaign against Suárez.
Various Uruguayan individuals defended Suárez, questioning if he had actually bitten Chiellini, and criticised the severity of his ban, including: President of Uruguay José Mujica, who labelled the ban “fascist” and called FIFA “a bunch of old sons of bitches”; AUF president Wilmar Valdez; Uruguay captain Diego Lugano; and Uruguay coach Óscar Tabárez, who resigned from two FIFA posts in protest of the ban.
The Uruguayan media were also noted to have been in a defiant and defensive mood. For non-Uruguayan parties, Chiellini, who was bitten, called the ban “excessive”, while international players’ union FIFPro called for Suárez to “receive all the support he needs” and that the “focus should be on the rehabilitation and serious treatment” of Suárez.
Six days after the incident, on 30 June, Suárez apologised to Chiellini through Twitter and vowed never to repeat the incident, while writing that the “physical result of a bite” occurred in a collision with Chiellini.
Chiellini responded through Twitter indicating that all was forgotten and his hope that FIFA would reduce Suárez’s suspension
On 3 July, the AUF made the appeal against Suárez’s ban, but it was rejected by FIFA on 10 July.
With Suárez’s ban not preventing him from transferring to another club, it was announced on 11 July that Suárez had agreed to move to FC Barcelona.
Days before the transfer, Suárez’s apology to Chiellini had been praised by various Barcelona individuals.
Barcelona club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said the apology was “honourable”, sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta welcomed Suárez as being “humble enough to admit an error” while new signing Ivan Rakitić commended Suárez’s “character and strength”
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