By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Even the traditionally genteel game of cricket is not immune from racism and homophobia! Recently, Sarfraz Ahmed, the Pakistan captain, was sanctioned for racist remarks against a South African player. Although the player accepted Ahmed’s apology, the International Cricket Council (ICC) did not let the matter pass and imposed a four-match ban on him. Earlier this week, West Indies fast bowler, Shannon Gabriel, has been charged by the ICC with using “language of a personal, insulting, obscene and/or offence nature” after calling the England captain, Joe Root, “gay”, in the course of a heated altercation during the third and final Test in Saint Lucia. Gabriel admitted the charge and also received a four-match ban for these remarks from the ICC. Joe Root has received widespread praise for his measured response of: “Don’t use it as an insult. There’s nothing wrong with being gay.” It is right that the ICC follows a zero-tolerance policy against any racist and homophobic remarks, for which there is no place whatsoever in cricket or, indeed, in any other sport! Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw may be contacted by e-mail at ‘This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.’
Sports Law & Taxation features: articles; comparative surveys; commentaries on topical sports legal and tax issues and documentation.
The unique feature of Sports Law & Taxation is that this Journal combines up-to-date valuable and must-have information on the legal and tax aspects of sport and their interrelationships.
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The unique feature of Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports is that this Journal combines for the first time up to-date valuable and must-have information on the legal and tax aspects of sport and their interrelationships.
The editors of the Journal Sports Law & Taxation are Professor Ian Blackshaw and Dr Rijkele Betten, with specialist contributions from the world's leading practitioners and academics in the sports law and taxation fields.
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