CONCACAF suspends Austin

CONCACAF has suspended its acting president Lisle Austin as the fallout from the FIFA corruption row continues.



Austin tried to sack CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer after his bribery claims against FIFA executives Jack Warner and Mohamed Bin Hammam.



But CONCACAF says Austin did not have the authority to such this action.



It has suspended him from football duties effective from June 2 and asked FIFA to extend the ban to ensure it applies worldwide.



Austin, from Barbados, has been deputising for Warner after the Trinidadian's suspension by FIFA.



CONCACAF, the continental governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, says on its website that vice-president Alfredo Hawit, from Honduras, will replace Austin as an interim measure.