Ronaldo loses suspension appeal
Reuters - Friday 05 February 2010, 17:01
MADRID - Real Madrid forward Cristiano
Ronaldo will not play in Saturday's La Liga match at home to
Espanyol after Spain's Sporting Disciplinary Committee (CEDD)
declined to rule on the club's appeal against his ban.
"The CEDD will not rule today, as planned, on the appeal
presented by Real Madrid against the two-match ban imposed on
the player," Real said in a statement on their website
on Friday.
The Spanish football federation (RFEF) suspended Ronaldo for
two matches after he was sent off for catching a Malaga player
in the face with a flailing arm and he served the first half of
the ban in last weekend's 3-1 win at Deportivo La Coruna.