Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has been suspended from all football-related activity for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.
The 27-year-old Liverpool player has also been banned for nine international matches, ruling him out of the rest of the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
It means he will miss the first nine games of the Premier League season.
The incident occurred during Tuesday’s 2014 Fifa World Cup Group D game, which Uruguay won to qualify for the last 16.
Uruguay have three days to appeal against the decision.
The previous record World Cup ban was the eight-match suspension handed to Italy defender Mauro Tassotti in 1994.
Tassotti was punished for elbowing Spain’s Luis Enrique in the face in the 1994 USA World Cup quarter-final and banned retrospectively on video evidence after Hungarian referee Sandor Puhl missed the original incident.
kakolwe
June 27, 2014 at 9:26 am
Could it be that Suarez is surely berserk or his passion for win mining transcends his reasoning? Total stupidity at this level.
Eastern Netanyah
June 27, 2014 at 9:48 am
Chi Swaretz ,Atase !
kapala
June 27, 2014 at 9:49 am
But looking at Suarez, in my view most of the biting results from his ‘rabbit’ like teeth. It may be accidental. When these people are running, they open their mouths. Unless the lower teeth show on the bite marks, then it could be deliberate.
Umuntungwa
June 27, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Iwe Kapala leka ukunsekesha. Did you watch the incident on TV? The man went for the opponent and threw his head into his shoulder not once but thrice! An accident?
Kamushi
June 27, 2014 at 9:52 am
vegetarians eat vegtables, wat about this Batman who is feedin on humans?dat punishmnt isnt enuf we want a life ban b4 he eats an entire human being.atase swine “luis sumanez” wemwana wambwa
Zambian
June 27, 2014 at 10:18 am
Uuum,only 4 months,am sure defenders wil b scared of th vampire & givin him a distance.
naledi
June 27, 2014 at 10:36 am
he needs prays,he started from the mother s breast.maybe the devil spirit wants to bring his down.he is a good prayer..
kwa george
June 27, 2014 at 10:52 am
THIS PLAYER DRAWS HIS POWERS FROM BEING A VAMPIRE AS CAN BE SEEN FROM HIS DENTAL FORMULA AND HABIT.
DIVA
June 27, 2014 at 11:27 am
Aaaaah, such can bite you during smooching.
CHILANKALIPA
June 27, 2014 at 11:28 am
4 Months is not enough, he deserves more punishment along side those who have turned the enjoyable football game into a wrestling or boxing ring. Football at one time was a smart and almost injury free game until now when you have vampires on the pitch.
sukisa bango
June 27, 2014 at 11:46 am
But how can someone who is running bite another? I think it is accidental.
diggz
June 27, 2014 at 12:30 pm
this is booshit how can they bun the haddest player for simple accident…anywy na fi world cup fileunfwishafwe ubunanag’ani…
whats up
June 27, 2014 at 12:49 pm
4 months is not enough 24 months wud have been better just after that incident as our zambian soccer analysts were analysing the world cup results on znbc tv 1 said that is his third time to bite other players and fifa is aware of the other 2 bites why keep him near human beings? and that italy defender should open docket for assault our police can facilitate that
Umuntungwa
June 27, 2014 at 6:55 pm
This racist should be banned forever! If only Patrice Evra was one of the judges.
jj
June 27, 2014 at 7:06 pm
ba diddz mulichipuba fye emuntu wakusapota ulya
olema
June 27, 2014 at 8:19 pm
Ala kwena bamo abantu malalabo nshamonako mwe,kuti wa sapota chi Suarez watevèr hez cod.Ukutumpa bafikala.
jamakudi
June 28, 2014 at 12:07 pm
This is the 3rd time. He needs to be punished to send a message even if he is a star.