John Terry's personal hearing over Anton Ferdinand FA charge begins

John Terry's Football Association hearing over his part in an incident last season with QPR defender Anton Ferdinand has started at Wembley.

Terry is alleged to have used "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" in the 23 October match.

Terry timeline

23 October: Terry releases a statement denying he made a racist slur against Ferdinand during Chelsea's defeat at QPR after videos circulate on the internet.
1 November: The Metropolitan Police confirms it has launched a formal investigation into allegations of racist abuse of Ferdinand by Terry.
21 December: The Crown Prosecution Service announces Terry will be charged with racially abusing Ferdinand.
1 February: District judge Howard Riddle orders that Terry should stand trial in the week beginning 9 July - after Euro 2012.
3 February: Terry is stripped of the England captaincy by members of the 14-strong FA board, without consulting manager Fabio Capello.
8 February: Capello resigns as England manager two days after, criticising the decision to strip Terry of the captaincy.
13 July: Terry is cleared at Westminster Magistrates' Court of making a racist insult to Ferdinand.
27 July: Terry is charged by the FA.

The Chelsea captain, who denies the charge, announced his England retirement on the eve of the hearing.

In July Terry was cleared at Westminster Magistrates' Court of racially abusing Ferdinand.
But he was subsequently charged by the FA two weeks later.
The hearing in front of an FA Independent Regulatory Commission is expected to last two days.
Ferdinand arrived at Wembley at around 09:00 BST.
In a statement at the time the FA said Terry was alleged to have used a "reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand" during the incident.
At July's trial the court heard accusations that Terry had insulted Ferdinand, describing him as "black" and using extreme sexual swear words.
In reaching a not guilty verdict, chief magistrate Howard Riddle stated it was "possible that what was said was not intended as an insult but rather as a challenge to what he believed had been said to him".
The prosecution had to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Terry had used the words in an insulting manner, which it could not.
But the FA only has to prove its case "on the balance of probabilities".

Culled from bbc.co.uk