but the former player at the centre of the allegations azeem rafiq says the move will "empower racistseditor dan roan reports. yorkshire cricket club has struggled to recover from its racism scandal. the county fined last year for failing to tackle the systemic use of discriminatory language. despite being chairman for some of that period, colin graves is now set to take over the club and having being criticised for describing some incidents as banter, today he said sorry. in a statement, graves said... promising fresh investment, graves�* return will save yorkshire from the brink of administration. the county owing his family trust around £15 million after a bailout 20 years ago. the club's chief executive today telling me why the board approved the takeover. this is the viable option that keeps yorkshire cricket operational. so it's a good day for yorkshire cricket. as we know, it has been controversial. do you understand that, do you accept it's not a good look, given everything that's happened at yorkshire? i appreciate people have their own opinions, i absolutely do. i also believ

but the former player at the centre of the allegations azeem rafiq says the move will "empower racistsur sports editor dan roan reports. yorkshire cricket club has struggled to recover from its racism scandal. the county fined last year for failing to tackle the systemic use of discriminatory language despite being chairman for some of that period. colin graves is now set to take over the club and having been criticised for describing some incidents as banter today, he said sorry. in a statement, graves said i apologise personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism at yorkshire. "discrimination or abuse based on race, ethnicity or any other protected characteristic is not and never will be acceptable. "i profoundly regret some of the language i used when asked about the events that took place when i was chairman". promising fresh investment graves�* return will save yorkshire from the brink of administration. the county owing his family trust around £15 million after a bailout 20 years ago. the club's chief executive today telling me why the board approved th

but the former player at the centre of the allegations azeem rafiq says the move will "empower racists dan roan reports. yorkshire cricket club has struggled to recover from its racism scandal stop the county find last year for failing to tackle the systemic use of discriminatory language. despite being chairman for part of that, colin graves is set to take over the club and having being criticised as describing some incident as banter and today he said sorry. in a statement, he said... promising fresh investment, his return will save yorkshire from the brink of administration. the county owing his family trust around £15 million after a bailout 20 years ago. the club's chief executive today telling me why the board approved the takeover. this is the viable _ approved the takeover. this is the viable option _ approved the takeover. this is the viable option that - approved the takeover. this is the viable option that keeps . the viable option that keeps yorkshire cricket operational. so it is a good day for yorkshire cricket. it so it is a good day for yorkshire cricket. it has been co

azeem rafiq, who turned whistleblower and triggered a reckoning with racism across cricket, is againstrn to yorkshire and believes it's a moral and financialfailure to allow him back. this to allow him back. is all about choices. you can't on this is all about choices. you can't on one and say zero tolerance and on the other end say actually, it's not really. what message does it send out? i woke up this morning to a barrage of abuse. races, islam a phobic photo all sorts of things i've had of my dvms. actually, this is what this empowers. when peoples message come up talk about messages, this empowers them idiots out there who feel like they can be racist. it's an absolute circus. fundamentally it's all about choice that cricket is making a choice loud and clear. today the chair of the house of commons culture, media and sport committee said the return of colin graves to yorkshire and to english cricket "risks undermining what progress has been made so far." hopefully people have seen colleagues very forthright and frank, full apologies that he's issued today. also the commitment that

but the former player at the centre of the allegations azeem rafiq says the move will "empower racistsiminatory language. despite being chairman for some of that period, colin graves is now set to take over the club, and having been criticised for describing some incidents as banter, today he said sorry. in a statement, graves said, "i apologise personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism at yorkshire. discrimination or abuse based on race, ethnicity, orany other protected characteristic is not and never will be acceptable. i profoundly regret some of the language i used when asked about the events that took place when i was chairman." promising fresh investment, graves' return will save yorkshire from the brink of administration, the county owing his family trust around £15 million after a bailout 20 years ago. the club's chief executive today told me why the board approved the takeover. this is the viable option that keeps yorkshire cricket operating. so it is a good day for yorkshire cricket. as you know, it has been controversial. do you understand that

rafiq, who was called on the club's sponsors to consider walking away.board considering this, given that controversy? well, talk to some of the sources at the club and they will tell you they have little choice. this is a club that is in debt, they owe the graves family trust around £15 million since the financial bailout that he helped conduct more than 20 years ago. there is a sense that they have been looking for other options but they have run out of options first of this may be the only course of action, if they are to avoid going bust. but the club are backing their process, they say they have done due diligence but it is very controversial move, certainly. mike grable has become the latest nfl head coach to leave theirjob following the end of the regular season. he has parted ways with the tennessee titans, afterfinishing last in the afc south, and missing the play—offs for the second straight year. two years ago he was named the nfl�*s coach of the year and previously led the titans to the postseason for three straight seasons. snooker now, and d

rafiq, who was called on the club's sponsors to consider walking away.ard considering this, given that controversy? well, talk to some of the sources at the club and they will tell you they have little choice. this is a club that is in debt, they owe the graves family trust around £15 million since the financial bailout that he helped conduct more than 20 years ago. there is a sense that they have been looking for other options but they have run out of options first of this may be the only course of action, if they are to avoid going bust. but the club are backing their process, they say they have done due diligence but it is very controversial move, certainly. mike grable has become the latest nfl head coach to leave theirjob following the end of the regular season. he has parted ways with the tennessee titans, afterfinishing last in the afc south, and missing the play—offs for the second straight year. two years ago he was named the nfl�*s coach of the year and previously led the titans to the postseason for three straight seasons. snooker now, and def

rafiq, who was called on the club's sponsors to consider walking away.rsy? well, talk to some of the sources at the club and they will tell you they have little choice. this is a club that is in debt, they owe the graves family trust around £15 million since the financial bailout that he helped conduct more than 20 years ago. there is a sense that they have been looking for other options but they have run out of options first of this may be the only course of action, if they are to avoid going bust. but the club are backing their process, they say they have done due diligence but it is very controversial move, certainly. mike grable has become the latest nfl head coach to leave theirjob latest nfl head coach to leave their job following the latest nfl head coach to leave theirjob following the end of theirjob following the end of the regular season. he has parted ways with the tennessee titans, afterfinishing last in the afc south, and missing the play—offs for the second straight year. two years ago he was named the nfl�*s coach of the year and previous

azeem rafiq sez colin graves' expected return as chairman of yorkshire county cricket club "empowers"shire board have approved a controversial takeover from a consortium headed up by graves, with the club's members now voting to decide whether to accept the deal. having previously denied knowledge of the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language, for which the club was fined, graves has now apologised personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism at yorkshire. but his potential return has stunned rafiq. struggling, really, to be honest. struggling to understand everybody to be honest. it's a mix of emotions, you know, a lot of anger. my first, it's something i took a lot of pride on. and that's well and truly gone, there is no part of me that has that any more. the british and irish lions have named andy farrell as their head coach for next year's tour to australia. he's had an impressive four year reign as ireland's head coach and has experience under warren gatland on prevoius tours, as jane dougall reports. in 2023 he was named world rugby coach o

azeem rafiq says colin graves�* expected return as chairman of yorkshire county cricket club �*empowersrafiq is the former player who revealed experiences of racism at the club, some of which happened during graves�* first spell as chairman. the yorkshire board have approved a controversial takeover from a consortium headed up by graves, with the club's members now voting to decide whether to accept the deal. having previously denied knowledge of the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language, for which the club was fined, graves has now apologised personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism at yorkshire. but his potential return has stunned rafiq. struggling, really, to be honest. struggling, really, to be honest. struggling to understand everybody to be honest. it's a mix of emotions, you know, a lot of anger. my emotions, you know, a lot of anger. my first, it's something i took a lot of pride on. and that's all the sport for now. mr trump is in court today for the for closing arguments — he's not obliged to be there he could be campaigning in iowa

the former player at the centre of the allegations, azeem rafiq, says the move will empower racists.rrell says it's an honour to be appointed head coach of the british and irish lions for their 2025 tour of australia. the englishman succeeds warren gatland, having previously served as his assistant on two lions tours. farrell recently signed a new contract to stay with ireland until 2027. the prince of wales has surprised the former rugby league players rob burrow and kevin sinfield by awarding them with their cbes at headingley stadium in leeds — in front of family and friends. prince william praised them for their efforts raising awareness of motor neurone disease. the pair have raised more than £5 million for charity. graham satchell was there. prince william at headingley stadium, home of rugby league team the leeds rhinos. waiting inside, rob burrow and kevin sinfield. i don't know how much of a surprise it is that i'm here! good to see you. the prince is given a brief tour and a look at the pitch. i bet it was spine—tingling when you came out here for big matches. yeah, it was

there's been criticism from the likes of the former player turned whistle—blower azeem rafiq who was also the sporting equal security as well. so why are yorkshire's board considering this considering the controversy. talking to some sources they will tell you they have little choice. this is a club in that they owe the graves trust around £50 million since the financial bailout that he conduct more than 20 years ago. —— 15 million. there's a sense of they are looking for other options but are running out and dismayed to be on the course of action if they are to avoid going bust. but the club are backing the process and say they have done do juvenile gents but it is a controversial move, certainly. to the board have the final say on this, what is the next step? the members _ this, what is the next step? the members do- — this, what is the next step? the members do. as _ this, what is the next step? tue: members do. as you this, what is the next step? tte: members do. as you say this, what is the next step? tt9 members do. as you say they are meeting now and the expectation is they wi

the former player turned whistleblower azeem rafiq has called on yorkshire's sponsors to oppose gravesetcheverry. murray was the only british player to land a seeded player in the draw. mark selby looked in great form last night as he booked his place in the quarterfinals of snooker�*s masters. he barely missed a ball against robert milkins and was 3—0 frames up when he was distracted by what sounded like a noise in the crowd. not impressed. a strong reaction. but he recovered his composure and still won the frame and milkins could only get one on the board, as selby cruised to a 6—1 victory. you need hush—hush and quiet at the snooker, don't you? the slightest sound could throw you off your game. someone who lost early this week said they were distracted and they lost but they didn't blame it... a fly landed on their head. it could be anything. _ fly landed on their head. it could be anything. a — fly landed on their head. it could be anything. a fly. _ fly landed on their head. it could be anything, a fly, a _ fly landed on their head. it could be anything, a fly, a noise i fly lande