from the azeem rafiq racism scandal. he was suspended as part of an investigation into a tweet he sent in 2010 and then sacked in december. gale and five other employees who were sacked by yorkshire have chosen to take the county to an employment tribunal. and a judge at the tribunal has ruled that their cases are well founded. now, yorkshire say all 16 of these sackings they made in the wake of the azeem rafiq racism scandal were justified. they do acknowledge the judge s finding that no disciplinary process was followed. they say they re accepting that in order to reduce the amount of time taken up by these tribunals. so the next step is to find a remedy. that might come in the form of an agreement between the employees and yorkshire or it might take a new hearing. either way, the fallout from what happened last winter in yorkshire could last well into this summer. and finally, it s been some year for british judoka lucy renshall. her first appearance at the olympics
The TV personality exited the talk show last year after following a heated argument with co-host Sheryl Underwood, who confronted her for defending Piers Morgan over his comment on Meghan Markle.
starting in the worst possible way. 2021 was a year that cricket was forced to reflect on much graver issues. the racism scandal is posing questions. there seems to be an exception, no one ever stamps it out. the response could now define the domestic game for years to come. for sporting drama, there was little to rival the rivalry in formula one. the battle to be number one was possibly the most intense the sport has ever seen. lewis hamilton one in the desert. it was becoming clear that max verstappen was going to push him all the way. a tyre exploding to almost 200 miles an hour, robbing verstappen of victory.
make it to super league end of season grand final, falling at the final hurdle to the all conquering saint helens, champions again. there should have been a world cup to follow, but that now we ll have to wait another year. 2021 undoubtedly belonged to saint helens, winning the women s title as well. chelsea finished their wonderful year by completing football s treble, the much delayed women s fa cup final, in front of 40,000 at wembley. iloathed in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a coal to in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a goal to see in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a goal to see all in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a goal to see all of in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a goal to see all of the in front of 40,000 at wembley. what a goal to see all of the fa in front of 40,000 at wembley. “await a goal to see all of the fa cup victory! a goal to see all of the fa cup victo ! . a goal to see all of the fa cup victo ! , , ., ., victory! the first silverware of
them just yet, thank you, peter. time now for some of the day s other sport stories. yorkshire have appointed former west indies all rounder 0ttis gibson as their new head coach on a three year deal. gibson will take charge at the end of february and replaces andrew gale, who was sacked during the azeem rafiq racism scandal. apologies, you are seeing the wrong pictures. 0tis kidston will be taking over yorkshire, much controversy over azeem rafiq. this is glenn maxwell breaking a record for the highest individual score in australia s big bash lee, and 154. melbourne stars reached 273 2 and a rightful standing ovation.