FC Barcelona's Uruguayan striker Suarez to return to field after 4-month hiatus

By Park Sae-jin Posted : September 26, 2014, 18:11 Updated : September 26, 2014, 17:01

 

FC Barcelona's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who is nicknamed the "Cannibal" for biting players during football matches, is expected to return to the field after a four-month hiatus.

Suarez is on the Uruguayan national football team's 29-man roster for friendlies against Saudi Arabia, scheduled for Oct. 10, and Oman three days later, according to the Uruguayan football governing body's website Thursday (local time). 

FIFA banned Suarez for nine international matches and barred him from all football activities for four months for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Group D football match between Uruguay and Italy of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on June 24.

However, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in mid-August that Suarez still has to serve his four-month ban from football, but he is allowed to practice and feature in friendlies. 
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