Suarez camp confident about appeal

Luis Suarez’s appeal against his four-month ban for biting an opponent takes place at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today with his legal team confident of securing a reduction in the suspension.

The Barcelona striker’s lawyers have travelled to CAS headquarters in Lausanne ahead of the hearing and are expected to argue that as the biting incident took place while playing for Uruguay in the World Cup then the ban should be limited to international football.