Barcelona striker Luis Suarez’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a four-month ban for biting will be heard on 8 August.<\/p>\n
The Uruguay forward was punished after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n
An initial appeal against the 27-year-old’s suspension was rejected by Fifa.<\/p>\n
The appeal has been filed by Suarez, Uruguay and Barcelona, the Spanish club he joined last month in a \u00a375m transfer from Liverpool.<\/p>\n
CAS has agreed to fast-track the case, and it is thought a verdict could be announced by the end of the week after the hearing.<\/p>\n
Barcelona’s first match of the new La Liga season is on 24 August, but if the ban is upheld, Suarez will be out until late October.<\/p>\n
Under the terms of the suspension, he is banned from “any football-related activity”, which means he cannot train with his club or enter the confines of any stadium, although players’ union Fifpro argues the details “lack clarity”.<\/p>\n
Suarez is also banned from playing for the national team for nine matches and was fined 100,000 Swiss francs (\u00a366,000).<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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