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Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate

By Graham Dunbar
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Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luis Suarez told FIFA’s disciplinary panel that he did not deliberately bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.

The Uruguay striker’s defense that he lost balance and fell on his opponent will now be presented to FIFA’s appeal panel, after his national federation notified FIFA late Friday it would challenge the nine-match, four-month ban.

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