Wednesday 6 January 2016 15:38, UK
Suspended FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke's provisional ban has been extended by 45 days.
The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee extended the suspension after an investigation into Valcke was concluded on Tuesday.
A statement read: "The adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee chaired by Mr Hans-Joachim Eckert has decided to extend the suspension of Mr Jerome Valcke by 45 days, at the request of the investigatory chamber. The extension of the suspension starts from today [January 6]."
The Frenchman, who has denied any wrongdoing, is facing a nine-year ban after an ethics investigation into several alleged offences including being connected to black market sales of World Cup tickets.
The ethics committee's investigatory chamber recommended a nine-year ban and a 100,000 Swiss franc (approx £68,000) fine on charges including conflicts of interest and offering and accepting gifts and other benefits.
Meanwhile, Alfredo Hawit, president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and FIFA vice-president has agreed to be extradited to the USA.
Hawit was arrested in Zurich on December 3 on the basis of an arrest request from the USA and detained pending extradition.
The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York accuses him of accepting bribes totalling millions of dollars in connection with the sale to various sports marketing firms of marketing rights to football tournaments in Latin America.
