FIFA World Cup: Uruguay's Oscar Tabarez quits FIFA post

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has resigned from FIFA's Technical Study Group in protest at the "excessive" four-month ban imposed on Luis Suarez

Brasilia: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has resigned from FIFA's Technical Study Group in protest at the "excessive" four-month ban imposed on Luis Suarez.


Oscar Tabarez 

In a 15-minute statement read out at a press conference in the Maracana, Tabarez launched an attack on FIFA for giving Suarez a lengthy ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini.

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Tabarez said he was resigning from his position on FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) — an expert panel which analyses international matches — because he believes Suarez's punishment was unfair.

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