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Suarez kicked out of World Cup for biting opponent

Uruguay star Luis Suarez was hit with a global four-month ban for biting an opponent on Thursday as World Cup chiefs imposed the heaviest sanction against a player in the tournament's history, according to AFP.

Suarez, who bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during his team's Group D win on Tuesday, was kicked out of the tournament with immediate effect and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000), the report said.

"Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field," FIFA Disciplinary Committee chief Claudio Sulser said, according to AFP.

Football's governing body imposed a four-month ban on all football activities, a nine-game international ban and the fine. The punishment took immediate effect, meaning Suarez misses Uruguay's second round match against Colombia on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, the report said.

The ban from football activity prevents him from entering the stadium for Saturday's game. 
He also received a long ban in 2011 for racially abusing Manchester United's French international Patrice Evra.

Uruguay football officials, who insisted Suarez had not bitten anyone, said they planned to appeal, describing the punishment as "totally exaggerated."

The country's Sports Minister Liliam Kechichian also railed against the verdict. "This disproportionate sanction hurts us," she said on Twitter. (From news reports)