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Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan speaks to BBC Breakfast's Dan WalkerFormer England captain Michael Vaughan says he is "sorry for all the hurt" Azeem Rafiq has gone through during the Yorkshire racism scandal.In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, Vaughan continued to deny the claim and said he never made ...

Emotional Rafiq tells MPs about racism at YorkshireFor just under two hours on Tuesday, Azeem Rafiq addressed a group of MPs about his experiences of racism as a player at Yorkshire.The former captain spoke emotionally about the racist comments and actions that left him, in his own words, "close ...

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Adil Rashid has been at Yorkshire since 2006England bowler Adil Rashid says he heard Michael Vaughan make a racist comment to a group of Asian cricketers, becoming the third player to do so.Rashid's former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq alleged Vaughan said "too many of you lot, we need to ...

A second cricketer has made allegations of experiencing racism at Yorkshire, with the seamer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan claiming “systematic taunting” existed at the county, after the former spinner Azeem Rafiq outlined a culture of “institutional racism”. The 42-year-old former Pakistan international, who played for Yorkshire in 2008 and 2009, told ...