GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mike Pennel already missed the first four games of this season because of a suspension, and now the Green Bay Packers defensive tackle will miss the final four games for the same reason.Pennel agreed on Tuesday to accept the second suspension, a source confirmed to ESPN, one day after the NFL Players Association said Pennels appeal -- scheduled for Tuesday -- had been postponed.The defensive tackle was suspended for the first four games of this season for violating the leagues substance-abuse policy. A second suspension could have meant a 10-game ban, and it was not clear why Pennel received another four-game ban.Pennel will be eligible to return to the active roster Jan. 2, after Green Bays New Years Day game against the Detroit Lions, the NFL said in a statement released by the Packers.?He will be eligible to play if the Packers (6-6) make the playoffs.Because of the confidentiality of the process, the Packers will not have any comment on this matter, the team said.The NFL Network was the first to report that Pennel had agreed to the four-game suspension.Pennel filed a lawsuit in federal court in Ohio last week, alleging that the NFL and the players union failed to satisfy the rules of the collective bargaining agreement when it came to hearing the appeal of his most recent suspension.The third-year pro has played in the past eight games of the season as a backup. Chris Paul Jersey . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. College Michael Jordan Jersey . LOUIS -- St. https://www.sportsstarsjerseys.com/patrick-mahomes-jersey/ . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. "Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said. Ja Morant Jersey . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Michael Jordan Jersey North Carolina . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. ATHENS, Greece -- Germany is pressing ahead with its bid to host the 2024 European Championship, insisting Wednesday that its soccer leadership should be trusted because it is not linked to mounting allegations of wrongdoing against the 2006 World Cup campaign.Swiss federal prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against Franz Beckenbauer and the three other German members of the 2006 organizing committee. The four are suspected of fraud, money laundering, criminal mismanagement and misappropriation relating to a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.3 million) to FIFA in 2005.The Swiss authorities and FIFA have been investigating the German bid since last year, with no end in sight for the case. But the German federation (DFB) has not been deterred from continuing its pursuit of soccers second biggest national team competition after the World Cup.Germany withdrew from bidding for matches at the continent-wide Euro 2020 to focus on bringing the 2024 edition to the country in its entirety.German federation president Reinhard Grindel said Wednesday that the 2006 bid investigation is no problem because we said that we would make our bid transparent with unspecified good governance processes.We have new leadership in the DDFB and so all FAs trust us, Grindel, who was elected DFB treasurer in 2013, told The Associated Press.dddddddddddd These people who are at the center of the investigation have no influence now in the DFB and so we are not responsible for what happened in 2006.The 2006 tournament became known as Germanys Summer Fairytale and the country is seeking a replay.Its our ambition to host Euro 2024 because we are well prepared, Grindel said in an interview on the sidelines of the UEFA Congress in Athens. We have the stadiums, we have the infrastructure.We showed with the organization of the (UEFA) under-19 tournament (in July) that we can do it, that we have great experience and so I think our bid will be a good bid.The Nordic group of soccer federations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden said in April they wanted to host the European Championship either in 2024 or 2028. That bid would seek to stage events in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, too.There is no timeframe for the bidding process or a date for the vote.---Rob Harris is at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '