Jonathan Vilma, the fourth suspended player, has already filed two lawsuits of his own.
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Already without suspended player-manager Hessenthaler, Kevin James and Mark Saunders, Gillingham lost goalkeeper Jason Brown within the opening quarter of an hour.
Roethlisberger was the first player suspended that was neither arrested nor charged.
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Roethlisberger was the first player suspended under the policy who was not charged or convicted of any crime for his alleged assault of a Georgia student in March after a night of drinking in a bar.
So the Forney family, and the parents of another player suspended for his presence at that party, earlier in April filed injunctions with the local county court to get the punishments overturned, their argument being that their kids may have been there but did nothing wrong, and that the punishment was too severe under school and state athletic association guidelines.
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More recently, England rugby player Dylan Hartley was suspended for eight weeks for biting Ireland player Stephen Ferris during a Six Nations match.
Separately, the player was suspended from bowling in January after independent analysis of his action revealed his off-break and faster deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under regulations.
The Lankadeepa newspaper says Rohitha and another player have been suspended pending an inquiry by a special SLRFU committee.
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Evans was booked in injury-time for a late challenge and the Manchester United player is now suspended for Wednesday's qualifier against San Marino in Belfast.
Blind-side flanker Stephen Ferris replaces the suspended Alan Quinlan but the Munster player could still make the bench if an IRFU appeal is upheld.
Samuels had denied giving out any information to a bookmaker but the ICC enforced a mandatory ban on the Jamaican backdated from 9 May, when the player had originally been suspended by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
In 2010, former top 100 player Wayne Odesnik, was suspended by the ITF after Australian customs officials found eight vials containing HGH in his luggage.
Fourie, who received a four-week ban for a dangerous tackle on All Blacks centre Ma'a Nonu in last year's Tri-Nations, is the third Springbok player in three weeks to be suspended during this year's competition.
United needed a creative player in the same mould as the suspended Paul Scholes, whose ability to spray the ball around and get forward from midfield was badly missed.
"It is good news for Burkina Faso, for the team and especially for Jonathan because he is a player who did not deserve to be suspended, " Burkina Faso coach Paul Put told AFP.
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Suarez's ban is also longer than that of former Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher, who was suspended for eight games after his elbow on Pedro Mendes left the player unconscious.
The 22-year-old was suspended for the 1-1 draw with Arsenal amid calls for the player to be stripped of the captaincy at the Stadium of Light.
Third-seeded LIU (20-13) was coming off a season in which four of its players were suspended in the fall for their role in a fight and reigning NEC player of the year Julian Boyd tore his ACL in December.
Harbhajan is the first player punished for a racist remark since South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs was suspended for three matches in January 2007 after being caught on a stump microphone talking about Pakistan fans.
Videos of Rice abusing his player both physically and verbally, circulated last month, and though Pernetti had suspended Rice for the behavior last season, the penalties were deemed too lenient once the video footage became public.
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