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Rice wins appeal

Rice wins appeal
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By Euronews
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Running back Ray Rice has won an appeal of his indefinite suspension and is now eligible to sign with any National Football League team.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had suspended the 27-year-old in July for two games for punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer unconscious at an Atlantic City casino in February.

But after the shocking CCTV footage surfaced in September, the Baltimore Ravens released the three-time Pro Bowler and the NFL suspended him indefinitely.

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