Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life following his involvement in various acts of misconduct.

The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011.

He is fighting extradition to the US on corruption charges and denies accepting millions of dollars in bribes.

Warner committed "many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly" said the football world governing body's ethics committee.

In a televised address in Trinidad, Jack Warner said he feared for his life

Fifa's ruling follows its own investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which began looking at Warner's activities in January 2015.

On Tuesday, Fifa said Warner had been found guilty of violating the organisation's code of ethics several times.

A statement read: "In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes."

The U.S charge sheet includes accusation of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and bribery. From the early 1990s, Jack Warner allegedly "began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain". He allegedly accepted a $10m (£6.6m) bribe from South African officials in return for voting to award them the 2010 World Cup. He is also accused to have bribed officials with envelopes each containing $40,000 (£26,000) in cash; when one demurred, he allegedly said: "There are some people here who think they are more pious than thou. If you're pious, open a church, friends. Our business is our business"