Luis Suarez's 4 month ban upheld by Court of Arbitration for Sport; cleared to train

Luis Suarez’s ban has been upheld, but he will be allowed to train

Luis Suarez’s four-month ban from all forms of football has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a verdict delivered today. A full explanation of the verdict will be published at a later date, but he will be allowed to train with his Barcelona team mates. He is also permitted to attend matches with his Barcelona team-mates.

This will come as a blow to Suarez’s hopes of resuming any sort of ‘football-related activity’ at the soonest. The ban handed down by Fifa, for biting Giorgio Chiellini, is the longest in World Cup history.

At a hearing held at Lausanne last Friday, his legal team had argued that the ban was excessive compared to the crime and made a plea to allow him to train with his new club and to confine the ban to international matches. He had also received a separate 9-match international ban.

Barcelona’s league season starts off against Elche on 24 August, but Suarez can now assuredly take the field in his new jersey not before October 26, when they meet Real Madrid in the El Clasico.

Luis Suarez's four-month ban for biting is upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He is cleared for training pic.twitter.com/DNE7SFvWU5

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