 Complete the following phrase:  On 24 July, Suárez and his lawyers filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS and requested the sanctions be reduced or the suspension to be lifted. The parties were heard at a hearing which took place at the CAS offices in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 8 August. Six days later, the CAS confirmed the ban imposed by FIFA against Suárez, who remained suspended from football for four months, as well as a nine-match ban in internationals, the first of which was served in the Uruguays round of 16 match against Colombia in the 2014 World Cup. However, the CAS removed the players football-related activities ban and was allowed to train with Barcelona. As a result of this ban, Suárez was banned from participating in the 