Yorkshire County Cricket Club is in turmoil after Nike became the latest company to severe ties amid a toxic racism row engulfing the sport.
The US corporate giant confirmed to MailOnline it had dumped the side as kit supplier and said it ‘stands firmly against racism and discrimination of any kind’.
It joins a mass exodus of firms from Headingley including Tetley’s, David Lloyd Clubs, Emerald Group and Yorkshire Tea.
The move comes amid reports ECB chiefs are meeting to
Former England cricket star Gary Ballance tonight admitted calling his ex-Yorkshire team-mate and ‘best mate’ Azeem Rafiq a ‘P**i’.
Ballance, who played 23 Tests and 16 one-day internationals between 2013-2017, released a long and emotional statement on Wednesday, just hours after MailOnline revealed he was the player at the heart of the race scandal.
The batsman accepted he was responsible for some of the offensive and derogatory terms that Rafiq revealed he was subjected to during his time at Headingley.
