Luis Suarez's 'apology' for the biting incident is actually a hilarious denial

Luis Suarez's 'apology' for the biting incident is actually a hilarious denial
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Disgraced Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has formally apologized to Giorgio Chiellini for biting him on the shoulder during their group stage match in the World Cup — sort of, anyway. The apology, released through his Twitter account, hilariously describes the incident thusly: "the truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me."

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Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.