FIFA bans Luis Suarez for four months, fined $112,000

Mr. biter biter Dracula has been banned for four months from all
football related activities by FIFA for biting Italian defender
Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-Italy match played on June 24th.

FIFA's disciplinary committee released a statement on their website
stating this. See it below...

"The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1
lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of
the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).

· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official
matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the
upcoming FIFA World Cup fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28
June. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay's
next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or
in the representative team's subsequent official matches in accordance
with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC. Continue...

· The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of
football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a
period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.

· A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in
accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez
is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the
period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from
entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team
of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension
(point 2).

· The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF
100,000 ($112,000).
The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today.

"Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in
particular 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 Suárez's
guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code. The
decision comes into force as soon it is communicated," said Claudio
Sulser, chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.