Cricket Scotland board resigns over racism report

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The Board of Directors on of Cricket Scotland has on the eve of the publication of a review on racism in sport.

It is intended to report findings of institutional racism in the Scottish game.

The administrators resigned with immediate effect on Sunday morning.

"We are all truly sorry and have publicly apologized to anyone who has experienced racism or any other form of discrimination in cricket in Scotland," they said.

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In letter sent to acting chief executive of body director, they said they had not seen the contents of the report.

But they had been informed of the "proposed timetables and certain mandatory actions" in the document.

They expressed concern that plans to find a rapid solution to the problems of racism and to modernize the governance of sport were "unachievable in the proposed deadlines and current conditions". governance framework”.

The racism survey was commissioned by funding body SportScotland last year and is due out on Monday.