Cricket coach suspended over 'racist' tweet

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The situation regarding an enquiry into racism astatine Yorkshire Cricket Club worsened connected Tuesday, with quality the nine has suspended manager Andrew Gale arsenic portion of an probe into a tweet helium sent successful 2010.

"We tin corroborate that Andrew Gale, Yorkshire First XI coach, is presently suspended pending a disciplinary proceeding pursuing an historical tweet," the nine said successful a statement.

The 37-year-old wrote the connection 'yid' successful a tweet to a then-media subordinate astatine Leeds United Football Club.

Gale, who was nine captain, sent a tweet to Paul Dews that said; "thought you mightiness tube up! Button it yid!".

Gale told The Jewish News helium was wholly unaware of the violative quality of the term.

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"Paul worked for Leeds United Football Club astatine the clip and I americium an avid Huddersfield Town fan. The notation is to a chant that was prevalent astatine the clip successful narration to Leeds fans," Gale said.

"Within a fewer minutes of the post, Paul called maine and explained the meaning of the connection and that it was violative to Jews. I was wholly unaware of this meaning and removed the station immediately.

"You indispensable person been sent a screenshot of the station that idiosyncratic took astatine the clip and waited 11 years to release. I would ne'er person utilized the connection had I been alert of its violative meaning and I person ne'er utilized it since."

The enquiry into systemic racism wrong the nine has been thrust into the nationalist oculus successful caller weeks.

Earlier today, erstwhile academy subordinate Irfan Amjad said successful a caller interrogation with the BBC that helium was racially abused by a subordinate of unit erstwhile helium was 16 years old.

Last week, chairman Roger Hutton resigned amid the fallout from Azeem Rafiq's racism allegations against the English cricket club.

The club's manager of cricket, Martyn Moxon, has taken stress-related leave.

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