Suárez wasn’t the first: Here are other sports stars who crossed the line

Footballer Luis Suarez may have taken one too many bites at the World Cup, but tennis grunters and eye gougers have also been banned, Robert Hume reports

Suárez wasn’t the first: Here are other sports stars who crossed the line

Luis Suarez’s imminent move to Barcelona is set to be confirmed this week, after he was banned by FIFA from all “football-related activities” for four months, after biting Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder in Uruguay’s World Cup match against Italy.

Suárez joins a long list of competitors that have been banned from sport over the years.

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