Jamie Vardy has had his appeal against a three-match ban rejected, following his red card against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.
The Foxes forward will now miss Premier League games against Everton, West Ham and Middlesbrough over the festive period - returning in time for another game against Everton, this time in the FA Cup on 7 January.
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Vardy was shown a straight red card on the weekend for a two-footed lunge on Stoke's Mame Biram Diouf and, although manager Claudio Ranieri disputed the decision after the match, the club's appeal was rejected on Tuesday afternoon.
TheFA's statementread: "Jamie Vardy will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect after his wrongful dismissal claim was rejected, following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing. The Leicester City striker was sent off for serious foul play during the game at Stoke City on Saturday 17 December 2016."
Players suspended over Christmas:
- Vardy ✅
- Costa ✅
- Kante ✅
- Aguero ✅
- Fernandinho ✅
- Huth ✅
- Fuchs ✅
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Ranieri had told the press of his intention to appeal Vardy's ban after the match, saying:"I don't know, let me think, if it is possible, yes. He wants to challenge and get the ball, not make a foul.
"If you listen to me I say, 'No' (it was not a red card), if you listen to (Stoke manager) Mark Hughes, he says, 'Yes'. But the decision is the referee and he says it's a red card. There was a big challenge between Johnson and Vardy. He touched the ball. Maybe it was yellow."
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