Former Essex cricketer Zoheb Sharif has alleged he suffered racist abuse during his time playing for the club. Bubba Wallace became the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR's premier series since Wendell Scott in 1963, in a rain-affected meeting at the YellaWood 500. The allegations by Sharif come in the wake of a racism scandal at Yorkshire that has engulfed cricket. An area of weakness has become one of strength, with 46 per cent of Arsenal's Premier League goals coming from set-pieces this season compared to just 11 per cent last term, and it owes a lot to a summer signing whose arrival went largely unnoticed.