LFP reduce bans of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Dimitri Payet by 1 game

Two of the top of players in Ligue 1 had their respective bans reduced by one game on Friday in a decision that was taken by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP).

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was handed a four-match suspension earlier this month for his foul-mouthed outburst towards referee Lionel Jaffredo following Paris Saint-Germain's loss to Bordeaux in March. PSG deplored the severity of the ban in an official statement and Ibrahimovic referred to the suspension as "a disgrace to football."

Dimitri Payet, meanwhile, was handed a two-game suspension for a similar incident that took place in the players' tunnel following Marseille's scoreless draw versus Lyon.

The pair of suspensions led to PSG and Marseille announcing a boycott of leading French broadcaster Canal Plus, whose filming of the incidents triggered the bans.