Former Bolton Wanderers loanee Daniel Sturridge has been suspended from all football and football-related activity until June.
The 30-year-old was handed a two-week suspension from football and a £75,000 fine back in June after an independent regulatory commission found he had given his brother inside information on a possible move to Sevilla during the January 2018 transfer window.
At the time, the FA revealed it had appealed against the regulatory commission's findings as well as the sanctions handed down, believing them to be too lenient.
And an independent appeal board has now found that the regulatory commission misapplied the FA's rules in relation to the use of inside information and made findings of fact which could not be sustained.
The appeal board has therefore proven two furthers charges and agreed with the FA that the penalty originally imposed on Sturridge was unduly lenient and increased his effective playing ban from two weeks to four months.
His fine has also been doubled to £150,000 and FIFA has confirmed that the suspension will be of worldwide effect.
Sturridge earlier on Monday mutually terminated his contract at Turkish side Trabzonspor, and the forward will not be allowed to participate in any football or football-related activity until June 17 this year.
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