Suarez ban upheld, but allowed to train
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld Luis Suarez's four-month playing ban but has cleared him to train with Barcelona.
14 August 2014, 3:16pm
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
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Luis Suarez
Suarez was appealing his four-month from all football activity, a sanction imposed by FIFA after the striker bit Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 World Cup victory on June 24.
The news means that he will now be allowed to train with Barcelona for the duration of his suspension and will be available to return to action on October 25.
Barcelona paid Liverpool £75m for Suarez after he received his original worldwide ban. He was also handed a nine-match international ban and £66,000 fine following the incident.
His legal team argued that as the incident took place while the striker was playing for his country the sanctions should be limited to international football.
The three-man panel of CAS arbitrators consisted of the president, Mr Bernhard Welten from Switzerland, his compatriot Dr Marco Balmelli and Professor Luigi Fumagalli from Italy.
