Lisle Austin, from Barbados, has been banned for one year after he went to court in the Bahamas to try to force through his claim to succeed Jack Warner as president of the CONCACAF federation.

Austin was initially made acting president when Warner was suspended on bribery charges but was himself suspended by CONCACAF when he tried to sack Chuck Blazer, the organisation's general secretary and the man who blew the whistle on the cash gifts.

FIFA's statutes say officials should not go civil courts to settle disputes.

FIFA's disciplinary committee also ruled that Austin will remain banned until he withdraws the court case in the Bahamas, plus an independent one-year ban.