RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- After a few days of reflection, Luis Suarez acknowledged what millions saw on TV -- he did bite an opponent during a game at the World Cup. In addition, he said hes sorry about it, and promised it will never happen again. Ending a unified protest in Uruguay by everyone from Suarez to teammates, fans and even the countrys president that the star striker had done nothing wrong, the Liverpool player on Monday offered an apology to Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. "I deeply regret what occurred," Suarez said in a statement posted on Twitter. "I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family. ... I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like (this)." The Uruguay striker was banned for four months from all football by FIFA for biting the shoulder of Chiellini during the teams 1-0 win over Italy in their group-stage game in Brazil. The incident was not spotted by the referee, and the Uruguayans victory sent them through to the second round while Italy was eliminated. It is the third time Suarez has been banned for biting an opponent, after similar incidents at both Ajax in the Dutch league and Liverpool in the English Premier League. Chiellini responded on Twitter shortly after Suarez posted his statement, accepting the apology. "Its all forgotten," the Italian wrote in English. "I hope FIFA will reduce your suspension." Suarez had originally denied wrongdoing in a written response to FIFA, and had been staunchly defended by teammates and Uruguayan officials. His apology could be taken into account by FIFA when it considers an appeal of the ban, which the Uruguayan federation has said it will file. "After several days of being home with my family, I have had the opportunity to regain my calm and reflect about the reality of what occurred during the Italy-Uruguay match," the statement said. "(The) truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me." Suarez was also suspended from Uruguays next nine international matches -- the first of which was a 2-0 loss to Colombia in the round of 16 on Saturday. Suarez had already returned home to Uruguay by then, and has received an outpouring of support from Uruguayan fans and even the countrys president, who blasted FIFA over the ban. President Jose Mujica referred to FIFA as "bunch of old sons of whores" as he welcomed Uruguays team back from the World Cup on Sunday. He also referred to FIFAs stiff ban as "fascist," though he said that Suarez could have been sanctioned with a lesser sentence. Suarez was named the player of the year in the Premier League this past season after scoring 31 goals to lead Liverpool to a second-place finish. 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Kerry Joseph, who came out of retirement earlier this month, will get the start at quarterback for the struggling Roughriders. The 41-year-old won a Grey Cup with Saskatchewan back in the 2007 season. You can watch the action live starting at 4pm et/1pm pt on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5. Winners of seven straight and eight of the first 10 games on the schedule, the Riders appeared to be well on their way to challenging for the West Division title with the Calgary Stampeders. However, in recent weeks the charge by Saskatchewan has lost steam and now the squad finds itself sitting in third place in the standings behind both the Stamps and these same Eskimos. Like Edmonton, the Riders have already secured a spot in the postseason, but there is still opportunity to cause a shift or two in the final pecking order. Unfortunately, Saskatchewan has picked the wrong time to hit the skids, losing three in a row and four of the last five after being pummeled by a resurgent Montreal squad on Thanksgiving Day, 40-9. The Riders actually scored the first points of the day on Monday on an 11-yard TD pass from Tino Sunseri to Anthony Allen, but after that the offense was never heard from again. In fact, the only other points came courtesy of Montreal punter Sean Whyte who conceded in the end zone in the fourth quarter. Sunseri finished the lackluster effort 7-of-12 for 72 yards, was intercepted once and sacked three times. Also seeing time under center for the visitors was Seth Doege who connected on half of his six attempts for another 37 yards, but he too suffered a pick and was sacked twice. Allen did manage to run for a game-high 105 yards on 21 carries, but that was only due to the fact that the so-called passing attack for the Roughriders was nowhere to be found. 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Bowman now has at least 40 more catches than anyone else in the league, and his yardage total distances him by more than 350 yards from his closest competition. While Bowman leads the way in his particular category, the same can be said for Allen coming out of the backfield for the Roughriders. One of only six players with at least 100 carries to this point, Allen checks in with 849 yards and five TDs on 156 attempts, but Calgarys Jon Cornish continues to close the gap. With respect to the all-time, regular-season series between the clubs, Edmonton owns a 116-90-2 edge over the Riders, dating back as far as 1938. Just a few weeks ago, the Eskimos completely stumped Saskatchewan in a 24-0 final, giving Edmonton a fourth win in seven tries in the series. Saskatchewan sent both Seth Doege and Sunseri into the huddle to try and get something started for the visitors, but it simply was not meant to be as the duo combined to hit just 11-of-23 passes for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Under constant pressure, Sunseri was sacked four times and Doege twice. The Riders were limited to a mere 205 yards of offense on 60 snaps. Edmonton went with Reilly at quarterback in that game, the signal caller converting 14-of-25 passes for 124 yards and a score. Clearly the star of the game for the Esks was running back John White who ran for a staggering 192 yards and a major on just 17 attempts, not to mention adding a touchdown reception as well. These two teams will be back in action against each other in the final game of the regular season on Nov. 8 right back here in Regina. ' ' '