this was the first time collin graves had spoken so arguably the biggest transfer in world football whenultimate superstar at the home of the galacticos, already a world cup champion, a world cup golden boot winner and a world cup final hattrick scorer to boot and yet still only 25, but as former real madrid president ramon calderon explained to the bbc, there's more to this deal thanjust money for one of the worlds most coveted players. mainly it is the glory, the titles, when they come here they know that this image, this reputation is going to be broadcast all around the world and in i know kylian mbappe is already well known but when they come to real madrid, it is a strengthening, much more. to cricket and the yorkshire chairman colin graves told a parliamentary committee in the united kingdom on tuesday that he hasn't spoken to azeem rafiq to apologise for the racist abuse he suffered while playing for the club. rafiq's testimony led to the county being fined around $500,000 for failing to address systemic use of racist or discriminatory language over a number of years, and some of

this was the first time collin graves had spoken since he was reelected as the yorkshire chairman followingduring which the county has admitted that they failed to address systemic use of racist language —— formerly presided. graves has always maintained he was never aware of any racist behaviour, but he was criticised by the ecb for suggesting that some incidences where banter, as he put it. and his return as chairman at yorkshire has been criticised by some who believe it's a backward step. one of those is azeem rafiq, whose allegations of suffering racism at headingley first sparked a huge scandal that led to the financial crisis at the county that has seen graves return. now he has apologised for the racism scandal and regretted what he previously said— but he did face questioning from mps today on the culture media and sport select committee and was asked specifically why he hadn't apologised directly to azeem rafiq. i’gre why he hadn't apologised directly to azeem rafiq-— azeem rafiq. i've apologised in my statements — azeem rafiq. i've apologised in my statements to _ azeem rafiq. i'