Rio Ferdinand has decided to shake hands with Ashley Cole prior to Chelsea and Manchester United's Premier League clash on Sunday, according to report...

Rio Ferdinand is one of a number of professional footballers in support of a breakaway black players' union after the weekend's Kick It Out boycott, a...

It has boiled down to this; Rio Ferdinand's right not to wear a t-shirt supersedes that of a man found not guilty in a court of law.

Credibility is fundamental to campaigning organisations. People need to trust you in order to back your campaign and - crucially - tell someone else about it. They want to know you are speaking out and standing up for what you believe in. But you also need to have some access to those in power if you are to get them to listen to you and secure change.

There will be a million words and countless opinions on the written reasons for the John Terry verdict published by the FA. It is possibly one of the most contrived and brazenly arrogant documents you are likely to read; what shocks is how there seems to be little attempt to veil the hearing's motivation but more stunning still is that it shows a process so bewilderingly, frantically determined to get its man that the outcome is even worse than we could have thought.

Ferdinand's fragile body is susceptible to injury and for that reason he almost certainly won't last as long as Giggs, Scholes or any of the age-defying centre backs of the last 10 years. But when fit, he remains a valuable asset for United.

Roy Hodgson has apologised after the England manager allegedly told fans on the tube Rio Ferdinand's international career "is over". Hodgson, en ro...

Rio Ferdinand would be available to represent England should coach Roy Hodgson select the defender in light of John Terry's retirement. Ferdinand h...

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been fined £45,000 after being found guilty of improper conduct over comments he made relating to the Jo...

Usain Bolt has again stated his desire to play for Manchester United, and Red Devils defender Rio Ferdinand has volunteered to make it happen. Aske...

Rio Ferdinand has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association after comments made about Ashley Cole on Twitter. The Manchester U...

It seems strange that one of years most high profile court cases was best summed up by the closing lines of a man who many, including a number inside the courtroom, believed to lack intelligence. Ashley Cole ended his cross-examination by prosecution lawyer Duncan Penny - telling him, "We shouldn't even be sitting here."

One thing is certain - when historians and sports fans around the world review the London 2012 Olympic Games in years to come, they will detect a puzzling golden ball-shaped hole in its legacy.

'Footballing Reasons' is the new buzzword for football fans following the Rio Ferdinand debacle but Andrea Pirlo is proving that age is no barrier for making a positive impact at the European Championship in Poland/Ukraine.

AC Milan have rejected Paris St-Germain's world record fee for a defender for Brazilian Thiago Silva. The Qatari-owned French club made a bid of al...

Martin Kelly missed England training again on Wednesday as he continued his recovery from the virus that ruled him out of their European Championship ...

Former England soccer captain Rio Ferdinand, who was controversially left out of the national squad about to start its campaign at Euro 2012, will be ...

Roy Hodgson has finally revealed the "football reasons" behind Rio Ferdinand's England snub. Hodgson claimed he had overlooked Ferdinand because it...

The last time England played in a tournament in Europe, some 100,000 supporters travelled to the World Cup in Germany to watch Sven Goran Eriksson's 'golden generation' take on the world. But only a minority had tickets. Fast forward six years to Euro 2012, and the picture couldn't be more different.