Dylan Bettencourt
Cishe ingxenye yebhodi elibusayo lase-United Kingdom lithole amaphuzu amathathu aphansi embikweni womjaho wokuqala okhombisa ukuhluka kwezinhlangano zezemidlalo.
Ibhodi elibusayo libambe iqhaza kwi-Race Representation Index (RRI) lanikezwa amaphuzu ngendlela yokuqasha ezingeni lebhodi, abaphathi abakhulu, ukuqeqesha okuphezulu kanye nezinga labadlali.
Ziyishumi kuphela izinhlangano zikazwelonke kwezingu-35 ezinikezwe amaphuzu kusuka ku-A kuye ku-C kwathi ezinye ezingu-15 zanikezwa amaphuzu aphansi okusuka ku-D kuya ku-F.
Ibhodi elisele lihlulekile ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zokuthola amaphuzu.
I-Football Association (FA), yeNgilandi ne-Wales Cricket Board kanye ne-Rugby Football Union abazange babambe iqhaza.
U-Ama Agbeze, ongukaputeni weqembu le-netball laseNgilandi ngesikhathi semidlalo Ye-Commonwealth yonyaka ka-2018 wayehlezi eqenjini labaluleki abaqapha ezemidlalo.
“Nakuba kukhona impumelelo okufanele ivunywe futhi ishayelwe ihlombe,” kusho u-Ama, “ezemidlalo zisenendlela ende okusamele ihanjwe ngaphambi kokuthi ukulingana kwangempela kwezinhlanga kuzwakale kuphinde kube inzuzo.”
I-FA ithe ayizange ibambe iqhaza ku-RRI ngoba ishicilele imininingwane yobuhlanga neyobulili yabasebenzi bayo, eyethimba labaholi kanye neqembu lesizwe labaqeqeshi kusukela ngo-2018.
“Sinezinjongo futhi nenqubekela phambili echazwe ohlelweni lwethu lokulingana, ukuhluka kanye nokuzibandakanya, kwi-A Game For All,” kusho okhulumela i-FA.
I-United Kingdom esikhathini esedlule nesamanje isalokhu inenkinga yokuhlukunyezwa ngokobuhlanga okusabalele kwezemidlalo, ikakhulukazi ebholeni lezinyawo.
Abadlali abathathu baseNgilandi uJadon Sancho, uBukayo Saka noMarcus Rashford bonke bahlukunyezwe kabi ngokobuhlanga ngemuva kokugeja amaphenalthi kowamanqamu we-Euro ngonyaka odlule.
Abadlali babantu abamnyama bangabekwa kahle enkundleni, nakumazinga aphezulu eqembini lapho beyindlala khona.
UPatrick Viera nguye kuphela umphathi ongumuntu omnyama kwi-English Premier League, waba ngumphathi wesishiyagalolunye omnyama ukusebenza esigabeni sokuqala sebhola eNgilandi.
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