The England Football Association has charged QPR with misconduct
after a friendly match against the China's Olympic team on Feb.7
ended in a brawl, BBC reported on Monday.
Assistant boss Richard Hill, who has been suspended by the club
until further notice, has been charged with violent conduct.
The club issued a statement stating that "an internal
investigation into the matter continues."
The brawl left China player Zheng Tao with a broken jaw.
Hill and the club have until March 12 to respond to the FA
charges.
The club has been charged with failing "to ensure that its
players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion
and refraining from violent and/or threatening and/or provocative
behavior."
Two days after the incident, a 43-year-old man was arrested on
suspicion of actual bodily harm.
The man was "bailed to return on a date in March to a west
London police station pending further enquiries," according to a
statement from the Metropolitan Police.
(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2007)