FIFA discuss Ferdinand fate

POTENTIAL punishments for England international defender Rio Ferdinand, who missed a drugs test in September, will be one of the topics discussed by FIFA’s sports medical committee later today.

The impact on football of the newly-revealed and formerly undetectable drug tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) will also be on the agenda along with another 25 cases and issues of doping-related cases from around the world.

Ferdinand has claimed he forgot to take the test at Manchester United’s training ground at Carrington on September 23 but faces a possible two-year ban from football if the English FA finds him guilty of wilfully missing a drugs test.