By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 9:19 a.m. ET Oct. 18, 2012
LONDON (AP) -John Terry has apologized for using inappropriate language during an on-field confrontation and decided to accept a four-match ban for racially abusing an opponent in a Premier League game.
Chelsea has also taken disciplinary action against the 31-year-old defender, although the European champions say their punishment will "remain confidential."
Terry said Thursday he is sorry "to everyone" for repeating a racial slur during an altercation with Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand in a west London derby last October.
Terry says "I accept that the language I used, regardless of the context, is not acceptable on the football field or indeed in any walk of life."
He was cleared in a criminal trial in July of a racially aggravated public order offense, but he was found guilty by the FA.
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