Ferdinand keeps racism row alive with Cole tweets

The John Terry racism row was reignited at the weekend when his team-mate and defence witness Ashley Cole was attacked on Twitter — with Rio Ferdinand laughingly reacting.

Terry was cleared of a racially aggravated public order offence at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. It was alleged that he had maliciously called Rio’s brother Anton — a Queens Park Rangers defender — a “f****** black c***” during a match on October 23 last year.

Cole, 31, had told the trial that Terry, his Stamford Bridge captain and friend, was not racist.