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Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate

By Graham Dunbar
Published June 28, 2014 4:02pm ET
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Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate
10ThingstoSeeSports - Uruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after running into Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File) | Ricardo Mazalan

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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