Ferdinand slapped with fine over racial tweet
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August 18, 2012, Saturday
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MANCHESTER United defender Rio Ferdinand has been fined 45,000 pounds (US$71,000) by the Football Association after being found guilty of improper conduct over a Twitter comment about Chelsea rival Ashley Cole.
An independent commission found yesterday that Ferdinand was guilty of referencing ethic origin and race when he re-tweeted a user's comment that referred to Cole as a "choc ice," a slang term perceived as meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. Ferdinand argued the term instead means someone who is being fake.
The comments, posted on July 14, came after Cole gave evidence in court defending Chelsea teammate John Terry who was on trial for racially abusing Ferdinand's younger brother Anton.
An independent commission found yesterday that Ferdinand was guilty of referencing ethic origin and race when he re-tweeted a user's comment that referred to Cole as a "choc ice," a slang term perceived as meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. Ferdinand argued the term instead means someone who is being fake.
The comments, posted on July 14, came after Cole gave evidence in court defending Chelsea teammate John Terry who was on trial for racially abusing Ferdinand's younger brother Anton.
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