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John Terry offers condolences to Rio Ferdinand after wife's death

Chelsea defender John Terry has offered his condolences to Rio Ferdinand after his wife lost her battle with breast cancer.

Queens Park Rangers released a statement on Saturday announcing that Ferdinand's wife, Rebecca, had died at the age of 34.

Terry told Sky Sports after Chelsea won the Premier League title with victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday: "I would like, on behalf of myself and everyone at Chelsea, to send our condolences to Rio Ferdinand and his family. Terrible news yesterday."

The former England teammates do not speak any more as a result of the fall-out from Terry's racism case with Ferdinand's brother, Anton. 

Rio Ferdinand last year used his autobiography to say he found it "impossible to forgive or forget" the pain of that incident, but he had praised Terry's contribution to Chelsea's title success in an article for The Sun last week.

QPR boss Chris Ramsey, speaking after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool, praised the manner in which Ferdinand had been coping with his wife's illness.

"Everyone will tell you, as a man, he has been absolutely fantastic," Ramsey said. "He has come in and trained, kept it to himself, not been moping or had the world on his shoulders, he's talked to the young players, he has been a man-mountain.

"We only have good things to say about him and the way he has conducted himself.

"Our thoughts are with him and his family and we hope they can pull together and find strength at this tragic moment."

Information from the Press Association was used in this report

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