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Rio Ferdinand admits he regrets not speaking up when John Terry was accused of racially abusing his brother Anton and reveals he has still not made up with former Chelsea captain

Rio Ferdinand admits he wishes he spoke up more during his career to address certain situations including when his brother Anton was allegedly racially abused by John Terry.

Former England and Manchester United defender Ferdinand says that high-profile incident in October 2011, along with his missed drugs test, and after Luis Suarez racially abused his Manchester United teammate Patrice Evra were times which he now looks back at and believes he could have been more vocal.

Speaking to the Beautiful Game Podcast, Ferdinand said: ‘If I could rewind back the clock now I would have spoken out from day one and I’d to my brother “speak now and say it.