Liverpool has given the first indication that Luis Suarez may have played his last game at Anfield by agreeing to open talks with Barcelona over the transfer of the striker, who will bebanned from playing for four months following after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini while on international duty with Uruguay. It is understood that […]
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Report: Suarez Apology Fueled by Barcelona
Luis Suarez on Monday issued an apology for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, marking a U-turn from his initial stance that he somehow fell on Chiellini’s shoulder andbit him by accident. The Daily Mirror claims that Suarez’s U-turn was the result of an order from Barcelona, which is rumored to be his new club. Liverpool, […]
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Luis Suarez: ''I deeply regret what occurred'
[BRAZIL 2014] Luis Suarez finally fessed up. Seven days after biting Giorgio Chiellini, he offered an apology to the Italydefender “and the entire football family” for the incident that resulted in his suspension for the World Cup and a four-month worldwide ban. Suarez issued his apology via Twitter, andChiellini accepted the apology. ”It’s all forgotten,” […]
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Uruguay President Rails Against FIFA for Suarez Ban
Uruguayan President José Mujica on Sunday weighed in on the Luis Suarez ban, calling FIFA “a bunch of old sons of bitches” after soccer’s world governing bodybanned the Liverpool striker for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. Mujica went on to describe the penalty, which will keep the player from training with his […]
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James and Fred, legends since youth days
[WORLD CUP: Spotlight] The knockout stage begins Saturday with Colombia-Uruguay and Brazil-Chile. Colombia and Brazil are favored and both feature one-name starswith very American-sounding names. James Rodriguez — James for short, “Hames” in Spanish — was discovered playing Pony futbol a decade ago. Fred is returning home to Belo Horizonte — where locals call him […]
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The Wiggles Parody Suarez
The Wiggles, the popular Australian children’s entertainers, have released a YouTube video about the Luis Suarez-Giorgio Chiellini biting incident called The Last SuarezSupper! The group changed the lyrics to the Toreador song from Bizet’s opera, Carmen to make the parody. Increasingly, the Wiggles are creating content geared at adults.Recently they performed their own version of […]
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A Tale of Two Missing Strikers
When Colombia squares off against Uruguay in the round of 16 on Saturday, both teams will be missing their talismanic striker. While Colombia’s players have been playing well in the absenceof Radamel Falcao, who was forced to withdraw from the tournament after tearing his ACL in January, Uruguay has just lost Luis Suarez, the enigmatic […]
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Chiellini: Suarez Ban 'Excessive'
Giorgio Chiellini, the Italian player bitten by Luis Suarez this week, has called the Uruguayan’s subsequent four-month, worldwide soccer ban “excessive” and fearsit could lead to the player becoming alienated. FIFA handed the punishment down on Thursday, thus ruling the Liverpool striker out of the rest of the World Cup and the start of the […]
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Liverpool Legends: Suarez Has Shamed Our Club
While Liverpool remains silent about FIFA’s ongoing investigation into Luis Suarez’s latest biting episode, former Liverpool players think the Uruguayan should be kicked out ofAnfield. Video evidence suggests that Suarez did indeed bite Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 win on Tuesday, and FIFA is expected to make its ruling on the matter bythe end […]
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FIFA Investigating Suarez Incident
FIFA on Wednesday said it had opened up an investigation on Luis Suarez for apparently biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini duringUruguay’s 1-0 win on Tuesday. If found guilty, the Liverpool striker faces a minimum ban of two games, or a maximum ban of 24 games or two years, whichever comes first. A ruling on the […]