Rebuilding Anfield: Loss of Suarez and Lucas Opens Gateway to Liverpool’s Future

The Uruguay international begins his suspension immediately after the club reviewed the 115-page document from the independent disciplinary commission and decided not to appeal against the sanction and a £40,000 fine. However, they have made clear their action is by no means an acceptance of culpability and have again criticised the way the Football Association handled the investigation...

Liverpool's global reputation is being sullied as the club maintains its backing of Luis Suarez despite his suspension for racially abusing an opponent, a campaign group against racism in football said on Sunday. The Uruguay striker was banned for eight matches last month after being found guilty of racially insulting Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a league match...

Suarez was recently found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra in a match on October 15 and banned for eight matches. On Saturday, the Football Association published a 115-page report listing the reasons behind the judgment of an independent commission, in which they said Suarez had used the words "negro" or "negros" seven times in...

Sandra Diaz, the mother of Liverpool's Luis Suarez, has expressed her disappointment at the FA's recent verdict in the Patrice Evra case, and she strongly refuted continuing allegations that her son is racist.Speaking to Uruguayan newspaper 'The Observer', Mrs Diaz revealed her surprise that Suarez could be deemed to be racist:"Here, it is a common thing [to...

First of all I would like to thank everyone so much for all the help and support I have received during these last few weeks.Thank you to my family, my friends and everybody at LFC (the staff, manager and coaching staff, the directors, my team mates and everyone who is working on a daily basis for this great club) and thank you especially to all the fans who made sure I never felt let down for

On Tuesday Liverpool announced that it will not appeal the FA's sanctions against Luis Suarez. The star forward will serve an eight-game ban and pay a £40,000 ($62,688) fine as punishment for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. The ban will start immediately, and Suarez will miss Tuesday's game against Manchester City. It will last through LFC's...

By any measure, Liverpool is a great football club. Its trophy cabinet, stuffed with 18 league titles and five European Cups, and the way all Reds continue to honor and remember the 96 supporters killed in a crush at the Hillsborough stadium in 1989 are testimony to that. But with greatness also comes great responsibility and that should include being able to say ''sorry...

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LONDON - Liverpool's Luis Suarez has issued a partial apology for the first time for racially abusing Manchester...

LONDON (AP) -A campaign group against racism in football says Liverpool's global reputation is being sullied as the club maintains its backing of Luis Suarez despite his suspension for racially abusing an opponent.

Luis Suarez gave ‘unreliable’ evidence to the Football Association’s hearing into his racist abuse against Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra, BBC Sport reports. The Liverpool forward was given an eight match ban and a £40,000 fine for his clash with Evra in the October 15th game between the two sides at Anfield. An FA report released yesterday said that the Uruguayan...

Reds boss declines opportunity to apologize to Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and defends players' t-shirt gesture in support of Uruguayan striker