Jumat, 17 Agustus 2012

Rio Ferdinand fined for racist tweet to the player's "Chelsea"


Defender "Manchester United" Rio Ferdinand was fined 45,000 pounds (2.5 million rubles) for racist tweet against his colleagues from "Chelsea" Ashley Cole, according to the website of the Football Association of England. Conducting the investigation, the Commission has considered the statement racist athlete, and stated that the act Ferdinand bad for the reputation of football. It all started with the fact that Cole had testified in a criminal case the captain of "Chelsea" by John Terry.He was accused of racist remarks against Rio Ferdinand's brother Anton, it was eventually found not guilty. Commenting on the trial, one of the Twitter users wrote that black Ashley Cole as "the ice cream in chocolate", that is "black on the outside, white inside."This expression can be used as a racist insult. Ferdinand responded to the message mikroblogera his tweet, "I hear you, man! Ice cream with chocolate - a classic! »(« I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic! Hahahahahahha! »). Then the player removed his office and said that he was not a racist. Shortly before the start of the Olympic Games in London, which took place in August this year, the Greek athlete Paraskevi Papahristu been excluded from the national team for racist tweet, which said about a lot of Africans in Greece.

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