Saudi Arabia submits letter of intent to bid for 2034 FIFA World Cup
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation on Monday submitted a letter of intent to bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
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Yorkshire Cricket Club Punished Over Azeem Rafiq Racism Scandal
Yorkshire County Cricket Club were slapped with a huge 48-point deduction in the English County Championship on Friday after admitting four charges related to the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal. The independent Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) also fined the club £400,000 ($514,000), £300,000 of which is suspended for two years. The points penalty sends Yorkshire to the bottom of Division Two of the County Championship. Pakistan-born bowler Rafiq, 32, went public with allegations of racism and bullying in September 2020, related to his two spells at the English county.
Institutional racism and sexism infects English cricket, says report
Institutional racism, sexism and class-based discrimination continue to infect English cricket, a report published by Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket on Tuesday has found.
Institutional racism and sexism infects English cricket, an independent report finds
LONDON: Institutional racism, sexism and class-based discrimination continue to infect English cricket, an independent commission has found.
Report on the state of equity in cricket to be published Tuesday
LONDON: The long-awaited Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) Report is to be published on Tuesday 27 June, more than 2 and a half years after the report was instigated after an extensive number of claims of institutional racism within English cricket were made.
6 Ex-Yorkshire Cricketers Found Guilty Of Racism, Face 22,000 Pounds In Sanctions
Six former Yorkshire cricketers found guilty of racial abuse at the club were on Friday fined a total of 22,000 pounds by the Cricket Discipline Commission. But the punishments, which include suspensions if they return to cricket, are down from what the ECB had pushed for fines totalling £37,000 at a hearing on May 3. John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Richard Pyrah were all found guilty of breaching ECB Directive 3.3 following a CDC hearing in March.
Ex-Yorkshire players fined in cricket racism case
Six former Yorkshire players found guilty of using racist language in the Azeem Rafiq case have been fined by the Cricket Discipline Commission.
Six ex-Yorkshire players sanctioned for using racist language by disciplinary panel
Six former Yorkshire players have been sanctioned for the alleged use of racist and discriminatory language in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday.