CAS set appeal date for Suarez

Luis Suarez, Barcelona and the Uruguayan FA have lodged a joint appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the ban handed down by FIFA to Suarez for biting an opponent.

The full decision of FIFA's Appeals Committee was issued on Tuesday and a fresh appeal to CAS was filed yesterday by Spanish lawyers Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle and Irish barrister David Casserly.