Chile defender Gonzalo Jara has been suspeneded for the remainder of the Copa America and fined for poking Edinson Cavani in the backside.

Jara escaped a red card during his country's 1-0 quarter-final win over Uruguay on Wednesday after bizarrely inserting his finger up Cavani's backside.

The Paris-Saint Germain forward was given a second yellow card for flicking out at the 28-year-old in response, while Jara also appeared to feign injury.

COMNEBOL have now banned Jara for three games, meaning that the ex-West Bromwich Albion player will miss the semi-final with Peru on Monday as well as the Copa America final, should Chile progress.

Jara was also fined $7,500 (£4,775) by the South American confederation.

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Chris O'Keefe