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UK NEWS: JOHN TERRY WILL NOT APPEAL MATCH BAN FOR RACIALLY ABUSING ANTON FERDINAND / ASHLEY COLE FINED 90K

October 18, 2012

BBC News reports that Chelsea skipper John Terry has released a statement telling the world that he will not appeal against his four match ban for racially abusing QPR player Anton Ferdinand. Terry called Ferdinand a f**king black c**t during a match in October 2011. In a statement released via his representatives Terry said: “After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment. “I want to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone for the language I used in the game […]

UK NEWS: RIO FERDINAND FINED 45K OVER “CHOC ICE” TWEET

August 17, 2012

Fined 45k over a tweet he just replied to…. Via The Telegraph Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been fined £45,000 after being   found guilty of improper conduct over comments he made relating to the John Terry racism trial on Twitter. Ferdinand appeared to endorse a Tweet by another user of the social networking   site which described Chelsea   defender Ashley Cole, who gave evidence on behalf of Terry in the trial, as  a “choc ice”, a term understood to mean someone who is black […]