LUIS SUAREZ SLAMMED FOUR MONTHS BAN

Uruguay bad boy Luis Suarez was ruled out of the World Cup and the Premier League until the end of October in a mammoth FIFA ban.
The FIFA disciplinary committee , after more than 10 hours of talks over Wednesday night and this morning, banned him from nine competitive Uruguay games and four months of all football activities. This follows him biting . . . (more photos after cut)

Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during Uruguay's victory over Liverpool, the third time he has done such an abhorrent act on the football field, which was taken into account by the committee.
LIVERPOOL GAMES SUAREZ MISSES Aug 16: Liverpool v Southampton Aug 23: Manchester City v Liverpool Aug 30: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Sep 13: Liverpool v Aston Villa Sep 16: Champions League matchday 1 Sep 20: West Ham United v Liverpool Sep 27: Liverpool v Everton Sep 30: Champions League matchday 2 Oct 4: Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion Oct 18: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool Oct 21: Champions League matchday 3 Oct 25: Liverpool v Hull City Suarez will miss 12 Liverpool games and any transfer negotiations will not be affected by the ban but would obviously complicate matters, and has been fined £65,000. The striker's sponsors adidas are holding emergency talks over their stance. Uruguay are sure to appeal the severity of the sentence but Suarez will definitely miss tomorrow's last 16 game against Columbia at the Maracana Stadium. Swiss Claudio Sulser, chairman of the independent disciplinary committee, said: 'Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particularly not at a FIFA World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field. 'The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the case and the degree of Mr Suarez's guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the code. 'The decision comes into affect as soon as it is communicated.' This was done to the player and the Uruguay FA shortly before FIFA announced the ban at their daily press briefing in the Maracana. The terms of the sentence also prevent Suarez from entering any stadium in which Uruguay are playing or taking part in any football related activity. This restriction is likely to make any Suarez transfer from Liverpool that more difficult until the end of October. The severity of the sentence came as something of a shock this morning because South American football chiefs, including Argentina President Julio Grondona, were said to have been lobbying hard for a lesser ban.