The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld Luis Suarez’s four-month biting ban, but he is now clear to train with new club Barcelona.
A full explanation of the ruling will not be published until a later date.
Suarez’s lawyers argued world governing body Fifa’s decision to suspend him from all “football-related activity” for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup was excessive.
Suarez, 27, will be available from El Clasico at Real Madrid on 26 October.
The Uruguay striker will continue to serve a nine-match international ban but, having previously been banned from all “football-related activity”, he can now train and attend matches.
Suarez was a Liverpool player at the time of his clash with Chiellini but has since left Anfield to join Barcelona in a £75m deal.
Barcelona’s La Liga season starts at home to Elche on 24 August, meaning Suarez will miss eight games before he can make his debut for the Catalan giants.
