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Leeds striker Doukara hit with eight-match ban for biting

Leeds striker Souleymane Doukara will miss all but one of the club's remaining games this season after being banned for violent conduct.

Leeds United striker Souleymane Doukara has been suspended for eight matches after the Football Association found him guilty of biting.

Doukara was seen to bite Fernando Amorebieta in Leeds' 1-1 draw with Fulham at Elland Road in February, and the visiting player was booked for his reaction to the incident.

Amorebieta was sent off for a second bookable offense later in the game, but the FA's Independent Regulatory Commission announced on Thursday: "Souleymane Doukara will serve an eight-match suspension with immediate effect after he was found to have committed an act of violent conduct.