World football’s governing body FIFA  have now released a statement in which they have stated that Argentina national team coach, Diego Maradona has been banned “from all football related activity” for two months from November 15 to January 15 of next year, following his outburst after Argentina’s match against Uruguay.

“The committee reached this decision following a three-hour meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, ” a statement from FIFA read.

“The head coach of Argentina was heard by the committee during 40 minutes and apologised to FIFA and the world football family.

“The committee took into consideration the apologies and the sincere remorse shown by Maradona in its decision, which was communicated to him at the end of the meeting.

“The sanction, which was taken on the basis of article 57 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, applies from 15 November 2009 to 15 January 2010.

“The committee stressed that any breach of this decision or any repetition of a similar incident would mean that stronger sanctions would have to be imposed in the future.”

Maradona was in person in Zurich on Sunday to receive his punishment. He was in Spain on Saturday night to watch his Argentine side suffer a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the hosts and reigning European champions and flew to the Swiss city.

The bright side of the punishment for the 49-year-old is that he will be available for the World Cup finals in South Africa in the summer.