Beware of the jaws: biting incidents in sports
Biting incidents featuring Luis Suarez and other sportsmen in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS
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During a World Cup match between Italy and Uruguay Luis Suarez collided with Italian fullback Giorgio Chiellini, hitting his forehead against Chiellini's shoulder
© EPA/EMILIO LAVANDEIRA Italy's Giorgio Chiellini (L) claims he was bitten by Uruguay's Luis Suarez
© EPA/EMILIO LAVANDEIRA FIFA has launched an inquiry into the incident. If it is established that Suarez really bit Chiellini, he could face disqualification for up to two years as this was not the first instance of the Uruguayan forward's inappropriate behavior
© EPA/VASSIL DONEV In 2010, Suarez received a seven-match disqualification after hi bit PSV midfielder Ottman Bakkal
© Video footage screen shot In July 2013, playing for Liverpool, Suarez bit Branislav Ivanovic
© EPA/PETER POWELL Luis Suarez was punished with a 10-match ban. Photo: Branislav Ivanovic shows the place of bite
© EPA/PETER POWELL Indian sportsman Sushil Kumar bit his Kazakh opponent Akzhurek Tanatarov at the Olympic Games in London in 2012
© AP Photo/Paul Sancya Kazakhstan's delegation protested, but the result was not revised. Sushil Kumar, however, later apologized for the incident
© AP Photo/Paul Sancya In 2006 Tottenham Hotspurs' Jermaine Defoe bit West Ham United's Javier Mascherano (photo, lies on the pitch). The player went unpunished for his action
© AP Photo/Graham Hughes In Luly 2013 Russian judoka Kirill Denisov (white) was bitten in the foot by Georgian sportsman Varlam Liparteliani (blue)
© EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA The most famous case occurred in 1997, when Mike Tyson bit into the ear of Evander Holyfield during their match in Las Vegas
© AP Photo/Jack Smith Two years later, in 2009, Tyson apologized to Holyfield during Oprah Winfrey's TV show
© AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc. George Burns