assertions and upheld some of the discrimination charges of the disrepute charges against five other former players and coaches here. all five, which included former england stars matthew hoggard and tim bresnan, had withdrawn from the disciplinary process. today, rafiq gave me this reaction. you know, the hearing was very much closure for me, and again today i feel very vindicated. seven out of the eight charges, for me, it is very important that we don t get hung up on individuals, because that is not the way we are ever going to solve this issue. yorkshire, facing a financial crisis after having to pay compensation to staff sacked in the wake of the scandal, could now be hit with a points deduction, and with what is expected to be a chastening game wide report on diversity in english cricket still to come, the scrutiny is set to remain. dan roan, bbc news. ukraine s president zelensky has led commemorations in the town of bucha,
him, but yorkshire had already admitted for charges, including a failure to confront what they described as systemic use of racist and discriminatory language over a prolonged period of time. another of theirformer players, gary prolonged period of time. another of their former players, gary ballance, reputed his charge, leaving five other former players and coaches including matthew haag art and tim preston, and all of those five had at least some charges upheld by the panel, disrepute charges. so another damaging day for this club, and it has a long path ahead of it in terms of recovery. but as i said, lots of the focus on vaughan, and earlier on after he learned that he had cleared his name and been found not guilty, we spoke to his lawyer. i his name and been found not guilty, we spoke to his lawyer. we spoke to his lawyer. i think michael himself we spoke to his lawyer. i think michael himself will we spoke to his lawyer. i think michael himself will be - we spoke to his lawyer
systemic use of racist language over a prolonged period. the panel said that its findings did not undermine rafiq s wider assertions and upheld some of the disrepute charges against five other former players and coaches here. all five, which included former england stars matthew hoggard and tim bresnan, had withdrawn from the disciplinary process. today, rafiq gave me this reaction. you know, the hearing was very much closure for me, and again today i feel very vindicated. seven out of the eight charges, for me, it is very important that we don t get hung up on individuals, because that is not the way we are ever going to solve this issue. yorkshire, facing a financial crisis after having to pay compensation to staff sacked in the wake of the scandal, could now be hit with a points deduction, and with what is expected to be a chastening game wide report on diversity in english cricket still to come, the scrutiny is set to remain. dan roan, bbc news.
the panel said that its findings did not undermine rafiq s wider assertions and upheld some of the disrepute charges against five other former players and coaches here. all five, which included former england stars matthew hoggard and tim bresnan, had withdrawn from the disciplinary process. today, rafiq gave me this reaction. you know, the hearing was very much closure for me, and again today i feel very vindicated. seven out of the eight charges, for me, it is very important that we don t get hung up on individuals, because that is not the way we are ever going to solve this issue. yorkshire, facing a financial crisis after having to pay compensation to staff sacked in the wake of the scandal, could now be hit with a points deduction, and with what is expected to be a chastening game wide report on diversity in english cricket still to come, the scrutiny is set to remain. dan roan, bbc news.
azeem rafiq got under way in london today. it s more than two years since rafiq first alleged he d been the victim of racial harassment and bullying at yorkshire county cricket club. his testimony will be a key part of the case being heard by an independent panel of the cricket discipline commission. england cricketers have been in action against bangladesh. more on that later. our sports editor dan roan reports. on the field of its business as usual. the one day team beating bangladesh today and moving on from the past and proving difficult. former yorkshire player arriving for a disciplinary hearing in relation to the race amount of the patients that have cast a shadow of the sport and outraged by not disciplining anyone despite azeem rafiq being seen suffering racial harassment resulting in a catalogue of disrepute charges. in yorkshire