Soccer/Football

It usually depends on the severity of the foul leading to the red card. Suarez' handball was non-violent, and a double yellow card usually is also, so those are 1 match bans.

I've certainly seen longer bans for violent conduct, but the memory isn't what it was. One case I recall is a Bolivian (their star player, I can't remember his name but he was rather hunched) coming on as a substitute and within a minute or two getting red carded and getting a multiple match ban, effectively causing him to miss out on the only world cup he was likely to play in.

Another one is the Brazilian who fractured Tab Ramos' skull with an elbow in the '94 World Cup. I think he was out until the final.

I'm personally a big supporter of post-match video evidence being used to award yellow and red cards for simulation and violent conduct. It's still a disgrace to me that e.g. Schumacher in '82 was never even sanctioned for that attempted murder on Batiston.