Rio Ferdinand has been charged by the FAThe Football Association has charged Rio Ferdinand with improper conduct over comments he made on Twitter, it has announced.
A statement on the organisation's website said: "The allegation is that the player acted in a way which was improper and/or bought the game into disrepute by making comments which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race. Ferdinand has until August 2 to respond."
Earlier this month, he denied being racist towards the Chelsea defender Ashley Cole on Twitter in the aftermath of the John Terry trial.
Ferdinand, 33, had responded to a comment on Twitter which described Cole, 31, as a "choc ice", after the latter appeared in court as a defence witness for Chelsea team-mate Terry, who was cleared of racially abusing Rio's brother, Anton.
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