No pre-match handshake at Chelsea-QPR

The Premier League have suspended the pre-match handshake at Sunday’s game between Chelsea and QPR due to the legal situation involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.

No pre-match handshake at Chelsea-QPR

The Premier League have suspended the pre-match handshake at Sunday’s game between Chelsea and QPR due to the legal situation involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.

Ferdinand’s lawyers had advised him not to shake Terry’s hand – the first time the pair would have met in a Barclays Premier League match since the Chelsea captain was accused of racially abusing the QPR player in October.

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