ECB calls for 500,000 pounds fine for Yorkshire over Rafiq case Yorkshire should be fined 500,000 pounds ($636,600) and have points deducted over their handling of racism... Published 28 Jun, 2023 03:11pm
Sports Essex cricket club fined £50,000 after racist remark LONDON: English county cricket club Essex have been fined £50,000 ($61,500) and reprimanded following a racist... Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am
Sports England cricket chiefs lift international match ban imposed on Yorkshire after racism scandal LONDON: England cricket chiefs on Friday lifted an international match ban imposed on Yorkshire County Cricket Club... Published 11 Feb, 2022 07:38pm
Sports Azeem Rafiq calls for lifting of ban on England games at Yorkshire LONDON: Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq has called for the lifting of the cricket club's suspension from hosting... Published 12 Jan, 2022 05:19pm
Sports Yorkshire link up with Pakistan Super League team after racism scandal LONDON: Yorkshire announced on Tuesday they had formed a partnership with Pakistan Super League team Lahore ... Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am
Sports Root welcomes Gough reports, eager to help troubled Yorkshire BRISBANE: England captain Joe Root welcomed reports Monday that Darren Gough is set to become director of cricket at... Published 06 Dec, 2021 10:44am
Sports Controversy clouds Ashes before a ball is even bowled SYDNEY: Cricket's oldest rivalry pitting Australia against England always throws up on-field rancour, but the... Published 29 Nov, 2021 11:09am
Sports Vaughan says he is sorry for pain felt by former team mate Rafiq Former England captain Michael Vaughan said he is sorry for all the hurt Azeem Rafiq has experienced following his... Published 27 Nov, 2021 03:25pm
Sports BBC drop former England captain Vaughan from Ashes coverage amid racism allegations Former England captain Michael Vaughan will play no part in the BBC's coverage of the upcoming Ashes series after... Updated 24 Nov, 2021 08:09pm
Sports English cricket rife with racism, my life made 'hell', says Rafiq Rafiq tells British parliamentary panel of intolerable insults Published 16 Nov, 2021 07:01pm
Sports England's Rashid supports Rafiq allegation against Vaughan England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has said he heard the country's former captain Michael Vaughan question the number ... Published 15 Nov, 2021 06:37pm
Print Essex cricket chairman quits over racism allegations LONDON: The chairman of English County Cricket Club Essex has resigned following a historical allegation of racist... Published 13 Nov, 2021 03:27am
Sports New Yorkshire chairman praises Rafiq for speaking out on racism LEEDS: New Yorkshire chairman Kamlesh Patel praised Azeem Rafiq for speaking out over racist abuse as he apologised... Published 08 Nov, 2021 08:53pm
Sports BBC drops former captain Vaughan from radio show amid racism allegations In a column for The Telegraph, Vaughan, said he was alleged to have told Rafiq and two other Asian players as they walked onto the field together that there were "too many of you lot, we need to do something about it" Updated 07 Nov, 2021 01:46am
Sports Yorkshire chairman resigns over cricket race row LONDON: The chairman of Yorkshire resigned on Friday over a growing racism row, blaming senior figures at one of... Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am
Sports Racism fight 'bigger than careers, trophies', says Morgan SHARJAH: England's T20 World Cup captain Eoin Morgan insisted on Friday the fight against racism in cricket is... Published 05 Nov, 2021 05:57pm
Sports Yorkshire say ex-player Rafiq was victim of harassment, bullying Club apologises to former captain of England Under-19s Rafiq, a player of Pakistani descent, last year said he was made to feel like an outsider at Yorkshire and contemplated taking his own life Updated 10 Sep, 2021 10:49pm