Liverpool and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has apologised to Italy's Giorgio Chiellini for the bite that earned him a nine-match and four-month ban from football.
The Uruguay forward, 27, was suspended from all football for biting Italy's Chiellini during their World Cup match last week.
According to the BBC, it was Suarez's third career ban for biting after incidents with Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic while at Liverpool in April 2013, and PSV's Otman Bakkal while at Ajax in 2010.
Suarez said he deeply regretted what had occurred, and added that there would never again be another incident like this.
Chiellini has himself called the ban on Suarez "excessive" and hoped FIFA would reduce his suspension period.
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