The hearing into Manchester United soccer defender Rio Ferdinand's missed drugs test was adjourned yesterday after the first day of evidence.
Ferdinand is facing an independent disciplinary commission, set up by the English Football Association, to face a charge of misconduct for "failing or refusing" to take the test at his premier league club's training ground on September 23.
A decision is expected this morning. Ferdinand, the world's most expensive defender, who cost Manchester United £30 million ($83 million) when they bought him from Leeds United in July 2002, contacted the FA after realising he had missed the test, taken by three of his team-mates after a training session.
He passed a test 36 hours later and has strongly denied ever using drugs. But the FA has since excluded Ferdinand from England matches and is under pressure from soccer's governing body, Fifa, to punish him.
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