{
  "id": 4061496,
  "title": "Yorkshire cleared by regulator over £1.75m payment to chief executive’s firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/yorkshire-cleared-by-regulator-over-1-75m-payment-to-chief-executives",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T16:01:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/28/yorkshire-cleared-by-regulator-over-175m-payment-to-chief-executives-firm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Regulator investigated fee paid to Sanjay Patel’s company SMP73 Ltd consulted on sale of Northern Superchargers Yorkshire have escaped without charges from the Cricket Regulator after a formal investigation into a £1.75m payment the county made to a company controlled by the club’s chief executive, Sanjay Patel, for work on the sale of the Northern Superchargers Hundred franchise. The Guardian…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}