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FERDINAND DENIES CHARGE IN NICK OF TIME Rio Ferdinand has officially denied the charge of failing or refusing to take a drugs test and has requested a personal hearing when the Football Association begins a disciplinary case. Apparently determined to make life as awkward as possible for the FA, United waited until the last few minutes of the two-week period of reply available to them before finally submitting their official response last night. The FA, United and Ferdinand will now attempt to fix a mutually convenient date, with the ruling body hoping to find a slot next month. It is feasible, however, that the matter will run into next year, the suspicion being that United are employing delaying tactics so that if Ferdinand is banned it comes at a time when Wes Brown is back from injury. Ferdinand is currently being overlooked for England and his club-mate Phil Neville said yesterday he feared the centre-half could miss Euro 2004. "He's one of the best central defenders in Europe," he said. "We need to go into the European Championships with our best players and one of our best players is Rio Ferdinand." football.guardian.co.uk http://www.red11.org/news ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
