French defender Laurent Koscielny cleared to play in his nation's World Cup opener

French defender Laurent Koscielny has been cleared to play in his nation's World Cup opener after FIFA set his suspension at one game for a red card.

Koscielny was ejected in injury time of Les Bleus' 2-0 loss at Ukraine last month after pushing Oleksandr Kucher in the face and knocking him down.

FIFA said Monday its disciplinary committee decided against a longer suspension than the automatic one-match ban. Koscielny served the penalty in the second leg, which France won 3-0 to qualify on 3-2 aggregate.