MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The head of Fifa's independent audit committee Domenico Scala quit on Saturday (May 14) in protest at what he called attacks on reforms of the scandal-tainted world football governing body by its leadership.

Scala said he was "consternated" by a Fifa Council move to control the nomination of members of independent oversight bodies such as its ethics committee and audit and compliance committee.

The Swiss official has played a key role in pushing through reforms after the scandals that claimed the heads of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa president Michel Platini.