Three claims of racial harassment against former Crawley manager John Yems have been upheld by an employment tribunal.

Amrit Bansal-McNulty, an ex-Northern Ireland Under-21 international, is suing former clubs QPR and Crawley for around £12 million.

He alleged the clubs failed to protect him from Yems' abuse during his 2021-22 loan spell at the Red Devils.

An employment tribunal judgment on Monday noted Mr Bansal-McNulty was "partially successful" in his claims against Yems, whose conduct from 2019-2022 left Crawley "vicariously liable".

One of the charges upheld involved Yems calling Bansal-McNulty a “curry muncher” and then asking whether the midfielder was unhappy that pizzas being supplied did not include a “curry pizza”.

Yems had attempted to characterise such remarks as “banter”, according to the tribunal judgment.

Yems finished serving a three-year ban in January (Kieran Cleeves/PA)

However, the claims against QPR, who Bansal-McNulty joined in 2014 aged 14 and left in 2022 without playing for…