John Terry

By Barnaby Phillips in Europe on October 30th, 2011
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It hasn't been the best of weeks for Chelsea captain John Terry.

It ended with him face down in the grass after a calamitous slip, allowing Arsenal's Robin Van Persie to glide elegantly past and score the vital goal in an absorbing London derby.

Arsenal supporters will relish that moment for a long time (and you might have guessed where my loyalties lie…) but John Terry's problems do not end there. 

The Football Association (FA) is investigating allegations that he racially abused Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand in Chelsea’s previous match.

Terry, who is also the captain of the English national team, vigorously denies the allegation, and says he’s looking forward to clearing his name.

Two weeks ago, in another high profile case that is also being investigated by the FA, Manchester United’s Patrice Evra said that Liverpool’s Luis Suarez repeatedly insulted him with a racist epithet during the match between the two giants of northern E

By Abid Ali in Business on February 15th, 2010
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Discipline in any team is important. Players pulling in opposite directions can destroy unity – we expect everyone to behave with some moral fiber.  That’s why John Terry lost his England job. But what do you do with a country like Greece that actually lied about its debt problems?
 
 
So what should Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy do? Should they bailout Greece or kick it out of the union? Gordon Brown has been pretty clear: if Greece needs financial help then it should go cap in hand in the International Monetary Fund. But it’s easy for Brown to make such comments his nation is not part of the euro zone.
 

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