Rio Ferdinand charged by FA over tweet

Published on 31/07/2012 01:36

Rio Ferdinand has been charged by the Football Association over the comments he made on Twitter following the end of John Terry’s recent trial.

Ferdinand responded to a tweet that described Chelsea’s Ashley Cole as a “choc-ice”.

“The allegation is that the player acted in a way which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute by making comments which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race,” said an FA statement.