The former England women's coach Mark Sampson has offered an unreserved apology to two of his former players Eni Aluko and Drew Spence for remarks he made while in charge of the national team.
Sampson was sacked by the Football Association in September 2017 following allegations of “inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour” in his previous role as manager at Bristol Academy.
The Guardian then published allegations made by Aluko in October 2017 that Sampson made a 'racist' remark towards her.
As quoted by the Guardian, independent barrister Katharine Newton, who led the enquiry in to Sampson following the allegations, revealed Sampson had “on two separate occasions made ill-judged attempts at humour, which, as a matter of law, were discriminatory on the grounds of race” but added that “it was fundamentally important to emphasise that I have not concluded that MS is a racist”.