Ibrahimovic, Payet suspensions reduced
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Dimitri Payet have had their respective suspensions for abusing Ligue 1 referees reduced by one match apiece.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Ibrahimovic will now miss three games and Marseille playmaker Payet just one after both clubs succeeded with appeals to the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF).
Ibrahimovic was initially banned for four games by the French Football League (LFP) when he was caught on camera after last month's 3-2 defeat to Bordeaux launching into a tirade against official Lionel Jaffredo while walking back to the dressing room.
Marseille playmaker Payet then received a two-game sanction after aiming expletives at the closed door of the match officials' dressing room following the goalless draw with Lyon, in which Lucas Ocampos' late strike was deemed not to have crossed the goal-line.
A statement from OM read: "Olympique de Marseille received on Friday an official notification that the (LFP) has accepted the proposal of the CNOSF concerning the suspension of Dimitri Payet. The (CNOSF) arbitrator proposed to reduce the suspension from two matches to one match with a further one-match ban suspended."
PSG initially only reported the news in a post on their Swedish Twitter account. It read: "Now it is clear. Ibrahimovic's penalty has been shortened by one game! He will be back in Ligue 1 away against Nantes!" That game takes place on 2 May.