Cricket-Vaughan cleared of using racist language by disciplinary panel

FILE PHOTO: Horse Racing - Cheltenham Festival - Champion Day - Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Britain - March 14, 2023 Former cricketer Michael Vaughan is pictured at the Cheltenham Festival REUTERS/Paul Childs

(Reuters) -Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared of using racist language towards ex-Yorkshire team mate Azeem Rafiq in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday.

The panel found the charge against Vaughan was not proved, after the case against him and five other former Yorkshire players was heard in London this month.