Diego Costa suspended after insulting referee's mother

Spanish striker receives eight match ban on Thursday, misses the rest of the season

Afp April 11, 2019

the spanish football federation sat on wednesday to decide on costa 039 s fate and have banned him which will rule him out of the rest of the season photo afp

The Spanish Football Federation sat on Wednesday to decide on Costa's fate and have banned him, which will rule him out of the rest of the season. PHOTO: AFP

MADRID: Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa will miss the rest of the season after being handed an eight-match suspension by the Spanish Football Federation on Thursday.

PHOTO: AFP

Barcelona took 'two steps' towards title with Atletico win: Suarez

Costa was sent off in the first half of Atletico's 2-0 defeat to Barcelona on Saturday for directing a crude insult towards referee Gil Manzano.

Griezmann heads to Barcelona wondering what might have been

Manzano also reported that Costa had "grabbed" him by the arms during the incident.