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GENEVA -- A South Korea footballer who raised diplomatic tensions with Japan by displaying a political sign at the London Olympics after the countries bronze-medal match was banned for two World Cup qualifying matches on Monday. FIFA said Park Jong-woo was guilty of unsporting behaviour which "cannot be tolerated," and formally warned the Korea Football Association. The International Olympic Committee can now decide if Park will get his medal which has been withheld since the Aug. 10 incident. FIFA and the IOC prohibit on-field political statements. After South Korea beat Japan 2-0 at Cardiff, Park displayed a sign in national colours with the slogan "Dokdo is our territory" to support sovereignty over islets which Japan also claims in a decades-old dispute. In defending Park, Korean officials argued that he simply picked up the banner which was thrown from the stands. FIFA said its disciplinary panel "took into account that the behaviour of the player, even though it appears not to have been premeditated or intentional, contradicts the principal idea and goal of sportsmanship and fair play, and therefore, cannot be tolerated." Weeks after the controversy, the 23-year-old midfielder was called into the senior national team for 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Park, who plays for Busan IPark, will serve his suspension when South Korea plays at home to Qatar on March 26 and away to Lebanon on June 4. FIFA also fined him 3,500 Swiss francs ($3,780). FIFA rules prevent him appealing this sanction. FIFA also reminded the Korean football association "of its obligation to properly instruct its players" about competition rules. "The Korea Football Association was warned that should incidents of such nature occur again in the future, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may impose harsher sanctions," the governing body said. 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It was the franchise-record 13th consecutive one-run win for the Orioles, who trailed 2-1 in the sixth and 3-2 in the eighth. Baltimore is 24-6 in one-run games and 45-18 in games decided by one or two runs. "This is as good of a club as Ive ever had about staying in the moment," said manager Buck Showalter, now 173-173 since being hired on Aug. 3, 2010. "Thats a challenge when you are around so many things that arent really realistic, to stay together and challenge the things that really are important." Its hard to fathom what the Orioles (70-57) have accomplished this year following 14 straight losing seasons. Its also difficult to imagine players like McLouth and Ford making major contributions in an important win. They were teammates with Triple-A Norfolk a month ago, and now theyre providing Baltimore with a playoff push. "Thats why they got us up here," said Ford, whose second-inning homer was his first in the majors since July 29, 2007, with Minnesota against Cleveland. 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After Chen dropped a throw to first base for an error, Youkilis homered on the next pitch. Baltimore pulled even in the bottom half. A walk to Matt Wieters and a single by Ford put runners at the corners with no outs and prompted White Sox manager Robin Ventura to replace starter Francisco Liriano with Jesse Crain, who walked Reynolds and McLouth to force in a run. Crain then got Manny Machado to hit into a force at the plate, struck out Robert Andino and retired Nick Markakis on a slow roller to shortstop. It was another missed opportunity for the Orioles, who had several in the early going. In the first inning, Markakis was tagged out by Liriano while trying to score from third on a pitch that bounced away from Pierzynski and rolled to the right of the plate. After Ford hit an opposite-field drive to right leading off the second, the Orioles loaded the bases with one out before Markakis lined into a double play. 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