Rio Ferdinand denies FA's improper conduct charge
Thursday, August 2, 2012
LONDON (AP) -- Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand on Thursday denied an English Football Association charge of improper conduct over a Twitter comment he made about Chelsea rival Ashley Cole.
The FA said in a statement that Ferdinand has requested a personal hearing in the case.
Ferdinand's remark followed a racism trial last month in which Cole's teammate John Terry was cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand's brother, Queens Park Rangers defender Anton, during a Premier League match last October.
Cole, who along with the Ferdinands is black, appeared in court as a defense witness. Ferdinand later seemed to endorse a tweet describing Cole as a "choc ice," a slang term perceived as meaning black on the outside and white on the inside.
Ferdinand later tweeted that it was "not a racist term. It's a type of slang/term used by many for someone who is being fake."
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