West Ham player charged over gay slur on Twitter

[caption id=“attachment_214366” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Crystal Palace’s English midfielder Stuart O’Keefe (L) vies with Ravel Morrison. AFP Photo”] [/caption] London: The English Football Association has charged West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison with using a gay slur on Twitter. The FA says Morrison has been charged with using “abusive and/or insulting words including a reference to a person’s sexual orientation”. The tweet has since been deleted. The 19-year-old Morrison, who joined from Manchester United last month after a series of disciplinary issues, has until Friday to respond to the charge. AP