(CNN) -- Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole has been charged by the Football Association (FA) after he called them a "bunch of twats" during a Twitter rant on Friday. Cole was responding to an independent report into an allegation of racism against Chelsea captain John Terry, in which the panel cast "considerable doubt" over the 31-year-old's evidence. Terry, who retired from international football over the affair, was found guilty of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, banned for four matches and fined US$350,000. When Cole learned of the FA panel's suggestion he had "evolved" the evidence he gave to the investigation he responded by tweeting: 'Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied did I, #BUNCHOFTWATS.'
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Chelsea defender Ashley Cole is charged with misconduct by English Football Association
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Cole sent an abusive tweet about the FA after he was criticised in a report on racism
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Independent probe into John Terry racism claims said Cole's evidence "evolved" over time
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Cole called the FA a "bunch of twats" upon hearing the findings of the report
The organization stressed it does not believe "@placeholder to be a racist", citing a large body of testimonial evidence -- "including statements from black footballers" -- to say that he is not, but that it did find him guilty of making a racist insult.