Rio Ferdinand will not face disciplinary action from UEFA for sarcastically applauding Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.

Alex Ferguson still believes in the romance of the FA Cup — and feels his team are the hottest date of all.

A Manchester City fan who stormed on to the football field to confront Rio Ferdinand at the end of last month’s Manchester derby has been banned from attending matches for three years.

Conor O’Brien of Villagers is aiming for mainstream success with new album Awayland, Ed Power reports

Former Manchester United midfielder Paddy Crerand was involved in an astonishing outburst on UK radio this morning as he reacted angrily to the suggestion that Rio Ferdinand could in any way have provoked Manchester City fans with his celebration of United’s winner in yesterday’s derby.

The Football Association has confirmed it has opened an investigation into an incident at the end of today’s Manchester derby when an object was thrown from the crowd and hit United’s Rio Ferdinand.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was struck with a missile thought to be thrown from the crowd as his team’s derby clash with Manchester City ended in ugly scenes.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo expects all the players will shake hands before tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United.

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Chelsea defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole look set to line up against Anton Ferdinand in tomorrow’s highly-charged west London derby against QPR.

Alex Ferguson has once again reminded Manchester United’s players to beware how they use Twitter.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is excited by the collective spirit in England’s camp that did not always exist when he was in the ranks.

Former England defender Sol Campbell believes Rio Ferdinand should have had the chance to turn England down and says he never bought the argument that the Manchester United player was left out of the original squad for footballing reasons.

Roy Hodgson focused on footballing matters as he explained the selection of John Terry and the omission of Rio Ferdinand in his England squad for this summer’s European Championship.

Rio Ferdinand has been left out of England’s Euro 2012 squad, with Steven Gerrard named as captain by manager Roy Hodgson.

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Rio Ferdinand will return to the Manchester United squad for Sunday’s trip to Norwich.

Rio Ferdinand will skipper Manchester United in their Europa League last-32 first-leg tie with Ajax in Amsterdam tomorrow night.

Phil Jones and Chris Smalling have returned, but there was no place for Rio Ferdinand in Manchester United’s starting line-up to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium today.

Rio Ferdinand will return to the Manchester United starting line-up for tomorrow night’s Champions League clash with Otelul Galati at Old Trafford.

RIO FERDINAND has lost his privacy action over a “kiss and tell” story.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed Rio Ferdinand was left out of Manchester United’s travelling party for their opening Champions League game with Benfica tomorrow as a precaution.

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A woman who stalked footballer Rio Ferdinand and his family was jailed for 10 weeks today and put on a restraining order for 10 years.

A WOMAN who repeatedly turned up at the home of Premiership footballer Rio Ferdinand has been convicted of harassment.

ALEX FERGUSON won’t need to gee up his troops ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup meeting with Manchester City. Instead the key to victory will be to keep them calm, according to Rio Ferdinand.

Fabio Capello has insisted he had no alternative except hope for a public reconciliation with deposed England skipper Rio Ferdinand at Old Trafford recently.

Alex Ferguson is yet to decide whether to appeal against his five-match touchline ban – but the Manchester United manager is clearly not happy.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed both Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes should be available for Manchester United’s top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal on Monday.

Alex Ferguson is optimistic Rio Ferdinand will be fit for Manchester United's top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal on Monday.

MANCHESTER CITY owner Sheikh Mansour has returned to the top of football’s rich list, according to the latest figures from FourFourTwo magazine.

Rio Ferdinand was today officially ruled out of the World Cup.

England skipper Rio Ferdinand has suffered an injury setback during the squad’s first training session in South Africa.

Manchester United will be without England defender Rio Ferdinand when they aim to create history by beating Aston Villa in the Carling Cup final on Sunday.

Rio Ferdinand returns to the Manchester United line-up for tomorrow night’s Champions League last-16 tie with AC Milan.

The FA have confirmed that Rio Ferdinand will replace John Terry as the England captain, with Steven Gerrard acting as his deputy.

Nemanja Vidic is set to replace Rio Ferdinand in the Manchester United line-up to face Arsenal on Sunday.

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Rio Ferdinand will make his long-awaited return for Manchester United against Hull tomorrow.

Disciplinary chiefs have told lawyers representing Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Paddy Kenny that Rio Ferdinand’s eight-month ban for a missing a drugs test in 2003 should not be used as a benchmark for dealing offences.

Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out for “three to four weeks”, manager Alex Ferguson has said.

Republic of Ireland international John O'Shea is expected to take over as Manchester United captain for the Reds' upcoming games against Burnley and Wigan as Rio Ferdinand will be out for two weeks.

Bolton defender Gary Cahill has received a England shock call-up after Rio Ferdinand was ruled out of the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.

Alex Ferguson will order his Manchester United team to go for goals as they look to secure a place in the Champions League final at Arsenal tonight.