Cole fined €110k for Twitter outburst

England left-back Ashley Cole has been fined £90,000 (€110,000) over his foul-mouthed Twitter attack on the Football Association.

Thu, 18 Oct, 2012 - 14:31

England left-back Ashley Cole has been fined £90,000 (€110,000) over his foul-mouthed Twitter attack on the Football Association.

The FA today confirmed the fine after Cole had admitted a charge of making a Twitter comment that was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute.

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