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Regret that the rest of his life but he reiterated a statement when he said he deplored racism and discrimination in all forms. earlier in the week, azeem rafiq, who is at the centre of this, the whistle—blower on crickets racism crisis, accused alex hales of naming his dog kevin in relation to the derogatory nicknames supposedly used to describe all non—white players in the england dressing room, something alex hales strongly denies. but the emergence of this picture, of course costs furthe...

And i guess some of those decisions ill regret to the rest of my life. our sports correspondent, laura scott, has been giving us the latest from the oval, where the ecb are holding a cricket wide meeting today. this emerged last night in the sun newspaper, a picture of alex hales at a fancy dress party in 2009 where he was shown dressed in a racially offensive manner. weve seen a video message on his instagram today to explain and try to apologise for that picture. he said it was incredibly reck...

Should not stay on as chief executive of the england and wales cricket board. telling us they have bigger things to focus on that his role. what was interesting was that harrison did say he had received the backing of the counties and other representatives of the game during the meeting today at the oval. he said he was determined and motivated to lead cricket out of this crisis and make sure sport was somewhere where everyone felt a sense of belonging. he said he wanted to make sure the plainti...

Today following rafiq telling a committee of mps that english cricket was institutionally racist. at the oval, members of the ecb were joined by representatives from all 18 first—class counties and the players union, with the pressure on to come up with a plan of action that goes far enough to tackle this issue. we will continue to listen, to make swift and positive change to the culture of the game, we will embrace and celebrate differences everywhere knowing that with diversity, we are stron...

Now stands at 143,716. 0n vaccinations, just over 88% of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose. and 80% have been double jabbed. and more than 14.2 million people have received their booster jab. the england and wales cricket board says the culture of the game has to change and promised "wide—ranging action to tackle discrimination" after a crisis summit at the oval today. it follows azeem rafiqs revelations of racism while playing for yorkshire county cricket club. today, a f...

After a photo emerged of him dressed up in black make—up, while at a party in 2009. our sports correspondent laura scott reports. after another turbulent week, crickets latest response is crisis talks at the oval as the game joined forces in tackling the discrimination problem. what do you want to get from the meeting? clarity and togetherness, i suppose. does cricket have a racism issue? well, we have work to do, no doubt. last night alex hales became embroiled in the scandal after a photogra...

Benjamin butterworth, whos the late editor an dserior reporter at the i, and ros altmann, former pensions minister. dojoin us then if you can but for now, goodnight. hello, im sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. cricket chiefs in england and wales have apologised unreservedly, saying they were shocked, saddened, and shamed by the testimony of azeem rafiq. a game—wide meeting was held today following rafiq telling a committee of mps that english cricket was institutionally racist. at the ...

The england and wales cricket board has promised far reaching action to tackle racism after talks amongst the games senior officals. it follows azeem rafiqs revelations of racism when he played for yorkshire. today, a former england player, alex hales, apologised for causing offence, after a photo emerged of him dressed up in black make—up, at a party in 2009. our sports correspondnent laura scott reports. after another turbulent week, crickets latest response is crisis talks at the oval as th...

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