Aussie swimmer loses endorsement deal over homophobic slur on Twitter By The Canadian Press 12:00pm EDT (-, Australia) Triple Olympic swim champion Rice has lost an endorsement contract with luxury carmaker Jaguar over a homophobic slur she made on Twitter. The 22-year-old Rice tweeted the derogatory remark apparently while celebrating Australia’s last-minute win over South Africa in a rugby Test match at Bloemfontein on Saturday. Australian reports said Rice tweeted: “Suck on that, faggots.” Rice, who reportedly is dating Australia fly half Quade Cooper, later deleted the tweet and apologized, saying she didn’t mean to cause offence. “We have terminated our agreement with her,” Jaguar spokesman Eedle said in comments reported by the Australian Associated Press. “It’s to do with how we want to associate our brand and unfortunately this … is not an association we want to have going forward.” Rice has other endorsement deals with an underwear brand, a swimwear brand and a telecommunications company. Rice, who won gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, underwent surgery last week for a chronic shoulder problem and next month’s Commonwealth Games in. The Australian swimmer was the second high-profile athlete in as days to be sanctioned over comments made on Twitter. England cricket Pietersen was fined Monday for making a profane comment on the micro blogging site. The England and Wales Cricket Board said the comments were a breach of the conditions of his employment, but declined to reveal details of the fine. Pietersen had already deleted and apologized for the content of his message, relating to his omission from the England squad for a limited-overs series against.