By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONFormer England women's football coach Mark Sampson made remarks that were "discriminatory on grounds of race" towards two black players but was not racist, a report published on Wednesday said. Independent barrister Katharine Newton concluded in her final report — published on Wednesday — that Sampson was not racist, but that he twice made "ill-judged attempts at humour" towards the players. Newton was called in by the FA in December 2016 to follow up an internal investigation into claims made by Aluko against Sampson. In fact, I consider it fundamentally important to emphasise that I have not concluded (Sampson) is a racist." "I've been put in this situation, and was always honest and truthful about those comments and other comments I made about the culture under Mark Sampson.

Source: Daily Nation October 18, 2017 17:26 UTC