Chomp!

   That's Uruguay's Luis Suarez. The governing body of Football (soccer) FIFA has slapped him with a ban from all soccer activities for 4 months after he allegedly bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 win in the group stage.
   It means Suarez will not be in the round of 16 when it starts, and he will not be able to play for Liverpool when the English Premier League starts.
   It also means he will; not play in the Copa America next year. In addition to the ban, FIFA fines him a total of 112 thousand dollars. The chairman of the association's disciplinary committee, says ``such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and particularly at the World Cup.''
   It's supposedly the 3rd biting incident Suarez has been involved in during his career. He's lucky. He faced a 2 year ban, which likely would have ended his career.
   And, of course, someone profited from the bite. A Norwegian man won the equivalent of  27 hundred dollars after placing a bet that Suarez would bite an opponent. The man was one of 150 across Europe who thought it was a sure thing, and plunked down some cash. A Swedish man not only won some money, but posted the winning ticket on Twitter, and thanked Suarez.

TTFN