Former England and Liverpoool striker Daniel Sturridge says he is "devastated" after being banned from all football related activity until the middle of June.
Sturridge, who most recently played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, was originally handed a £75,000 fine and a six-week suspension in July of 2019 for breaching betting regulations.
But the FA has decided that the Regulatory Commission's punishment was “unduly lenient” and imposed the longer ban as well doubling his fine to £150,000.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Sturridge said: "It was very disappointing and upsetting for me to hear the news that the appeal panel had overturned the original, highly-qualified panel's ruling.