Live coverage of USA v Germany in rainy Recife and Portugal v Ghana in the Group G climax is under way, so it is time to bring Sportsday Live to a close.

Join Tom Rostance for all the action from those two games, and he will also keep you up-to-date with the latest on Luis Suarez's ban.

USA v Germany is on BBC One, with commentary also on BBC Radio 5 live, while Portugal v Ghana is on BBC Three.

Uruguay will decide in the coming hours whether to appeal a record nine-match ban on star striker Luis Suarez by Fifa, reports Reuters.

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On Twitter:, external "Luis Suarez ban biggest in World Cup history. Beats eight games given to Italy's Tassotti for elbow on Luis Enrique. Barca boss could be affected again?"

What has Luis Suarez been doing since his ban was announced?

He and the rest of the Uruguay players have just returned from training and he has been spotted on the team hotel's balcony, giving a quick quick thumbs up to chanting Uruguay fans outside.

No word, as yet, on a Uruguay response to the ban.

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Former England and Liverpool midfielder John Barnes on Luis Suarez's ban: "It is a punishment I expected. I didn't know if it could impact on his club situation but it does.

"There are systems in place to deal with these issues and it is difficult setting precedents in these situations. From Fifa's perspective, nine games is a long time in international football. His World Cup is over and it could be another 18 months before he plays for Uruguay again. It has been dealt with. Will he do it again? We don't know but all Fifa can do is enforce the rules of the articles they specify.

"Will Liverpool say they want to sell him or wait until the ban is over, only they can answer that question."

Fifa vice president Jim Boyce, speaking about Luis Suarez's four-month ban: "I think the punishment handed out to Luis Suarez is fully justified.

"Hopefully he will have learnt that this type of behaviour cannot be tolerated."

Luis Suarez is banned from world football for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.

He has also been banned for nine international matches, ruling him out of the rest of the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Suarez will also miss the first nine games of the Premier League season.

Will Bays:, external Real sympathy with Liverpool but that was a risk of keeping Suarez at the club. I hope he serves the full ban, he deserves it.

IbaaAfana:, external Sad news that we won't be seeing Luis Suarez again in this World Cup 2014 but he only has himself to blame for that.

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson on Luis Suarez's four-month ban: "It's just a case of 'here we go again', isn't it?

"I don't really think that the punishment fits the crime. How do you explain to your lad who's a football fan exactly what Luis Suarez keeps doing?

"He is now obviously a persistent offender and I thought actually the ban would have been much harsher."

Daily Telegraph Football Correspondent Henry Winter on Twitter:, external "Fifa update on Suarez: "A transfer can happen this summer." So "Four-month ban on all football activity" does not preclude transfer."

Dr Holmes:, external I have gone from angry to sympathetic for Suarez. The more you think about it the more you feel he needs a psychologist.

Denise Butterworth:, external Disgraceful should make an example of him, how many more times are they going to allow this conduct on pitch?

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Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin on what happens next for Luis Suarez: "Liverpool is a fabulous club, it is a proud club and it does not need someone doing what he has done.

"There are lots of hints about Barcelona and Real Madrid being interested in him even before this incident and it probably makes it easier for a move to happen.

"Football does not have morality when it comes to these kinds of matters. If they were interested in him and decided against a move because of this, I would be astounded."

Depending on the outcome of an appeal, should one be lodged, Luis Suarez will miss the first nine games of the Premier League season, returning for Newcastle away on 1 November.

He will also miss the first three Champions League matches and Liverpool's first match in the League Cup.

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Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre says in a statement: "Liverpool Football Club will wait until we have seen and had time to review the FIFA Disciplinary Committee report before making any further comment."

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Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin: "Fifa had to make a quick move on it because there is another game coming up. They also had to take into consideration another thought, which was if he decided to appeal. Do they allow him to play when it is under appeal? Had he gone down [the appeal] route it would have been a massive embarrassment for Fifa. They needed to get it sorted out and move on as quickly as possible and I applaud them for that.

"The ban could have been longer. I was guessing six months, but they are probably not far off with what they have given."

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson: "What does Liverpool owner John Henry do now? I would think he wants to wash his hands of Luis Suarez. Henry will try and get the best possible deal for Liverpool. Somebody will buy him. It is football when all is considered."

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Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin: "It could be now that players will not want to play against him because they fear he is a danger and will do it to them. Let's us hope he gets some help but how do you ever know he has recovered?"

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South American football expert Tim Vickery on BBC Radio 5 live: "It is a more severe ban than I thought it would be. I thought it would be restricted to this World Cup. Uruguay's task now is to focus on the upcoming Colombia game without Luis Suarez.

"In Uruguay there is not the moral outrage that the English press deals with this issue so there is no question that once his ban is served he will be selected by Uruguay. He is out of the Copa America next year and will probably miss the first of the World Cup qualifiers on the road to Russia.

""I think the focus in Liverpool and the Uruguay FA in the long term will be dealing with the problem because this is clearly a repeat problem. This is an individual who has a self control problem. You hope that this will mean people around him will stop living in denial and help deal with the problem."

Fifa added in a statement about Luis Suarez's ban: "A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suarez in accordance with art. 21 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code as follows: the player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).

"The player Luis Suarez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of 100,000 Swiss Francs (£65,600)."

Away from the Suarez affair, Fifa say match in Recife will go ahead as planned, despite severe flooding.