Associated Press Sports
updated 12:29 p.m. ET May 15, 2012
SION, Switzerland (AP) -FC Sion midfielder Geoffroy Serey Die has been suspended for eight matches for slapping a ball boy in the face after his team was beaten by a relegation rival.
The Swiss Football League says its disciplinary commission acted after studying television pictures of the incident at a full hearing. Sion and Serey Die can appeal within five days.
Serey Die struck the young boy after Sion lost 1-0 at Lausanne-Sport on May 2.
Swiss media reported that the Ivorian player believed the ball had been returned to play too slowly.
Sion's defeat helped ensure it must play a relegation playoff against a second-tier team.
Sion was deducted 36 league points after lengthy legal challenges to FIFA, UEFA and Swiss football authorities.
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