Saints' Brett Sharman contract terminated

The club says the decision to terminate the South African's contract was due to a long standing knee injury. Credit: PA

Northampton Saints' Brett Sharman, who posted an offensive tweet about Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah on Twitter, has been released by the club.

The club says the decision to terminate the South African's contract was due to a long standing knee injury.

The announcement comes a day after Saints said Sharman was subject to internal disciplinary procedures over the tweet.

He posted the tweet on 11th August when Farah won his second gold medal in the Olympic 5,000m.

Brett Sharman's tweet read: "Good luck Mohammed running for Paki... I mean Great Britain..."

Sharman apologised after his comment on Twitter.

Sharman has made 68 appearances for Northampton Saints but his last outing was back in January, when a knee injury ruled him out of action, the club say with no immediate prospect of returning to full fitness, a decision has been made to terminate his contract.

Sharman said: