Luis Suarez banned for nine matches, will sit out rest of the World Cup

Luis Suarez banned for nine matches, will sit out rest of the World Cup
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It's official: FIFA has banned Luis Suarez of Uruguay for nine international matches and for four months of any soccer-related activity for biting Giorgio Chiellini of Italy on the shoulder, guaranteeing that Suarez's World Cup is over.

"Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup, when the eyes of millions people are on the stars on the field," FIFA said in a statement. Suarez was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs.

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Ryu Spaeth

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