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

Updated on: 29 June,2014 02:55 AM IST  | 
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Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has resigned from FIFA's Technical Study Group in protest at the "excessive" four-month ban imposed on Luis Suarez

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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.

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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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