FIFA wants Maradona muzzled

FIFA’s patience with Diego Maradona’s World Cup antics finally ran out on Wednesday.

Soccer’s world body said it “strongly rebukes” comments by the Argentina great (pictured) criticizing American referee Mark Geiger’s handling of England’s last-17 shootout win over Colombia.

It was yet another controversial moment involving Maradona — an official FIFA ambassador and figurehead of its “Legends” program celebrating former players — at a World Cup he has mostly attended as a VIP guest. FIFA hit back at Maradona for telling Venezuelan broadcaster Telesur the outcome of Tuesday’s game in Moscow was a “monumental theft”.