Manchester City defender Micah Richards has shut down his Twitter account.

The Daily Mail says Richards has closed down his Twitter account after suffering racist abuse from fans on the social network site.

The Manchester City defender asked police to investigate before reluctantly deciding to shut his account @officialMR2.

A source said: "Micah thought about closing it in November because of racist abuse from a small but persistent number of people, but decided at that time to carry on because he enjoyed being able to communicate directly with City fans.

"Unfortunately it continued and he has decided now that enough is enough."