John Terry has been banned for four matches and fined £220,000 after being found guilty of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand by a Football Association independent regulatory commission.

The Professional Footballers’ Association tonight welcomed Liverpool’s decision to accept the eight-match ban imposed on striker Luis Suarez for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

The Football Association’s regulatory commission will meet on Thursday to consider Newcastle’s appeal against Habib Beye’s red card against Manchester City yesterday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been fined £2,500 (€3,700) by the Football Association for comments he made about an assistant referee following the Carling Cup final.

Lee Bowyer was today suspended for a further three games by the Football Association for his on-field bust-up with Newcastle team-mate Kieron Dyer.

Adrian Mutu has admitted to testing positive for cocaine and will not request that a ‘B’ sample be analysed according to players’ union chief Gordon Taylor.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been hit with a major defensive headache today after the FA delivered its judgement on the ugly scenes at Old Trafford last month.

Blackburn boss Graeme Souness has escaped another touchline ban after a Football Association disciplinary hearing into an altercation with a match official last season.

ARSENAL'S miserable week took a turn for the worse yesterday as captain Patrick Vieira was handed a two-match ban and £25,000 (€30.500) fine for insulting referee Andy D'Urso.