Commission delay Aragones verdict

Aragones hits back in racism row

Spain's Anti-Violence Commission has delayed a decision on whether to punish coach Luis Aragones until the football federation name a new president.

Aragones was summoned to a meeting on Tuesday to explain his comments about Britain's colonial past on the eve of the friendly with England.

The game was overshadowed by racist abuse towards England's Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ashley Cole.

The federation will name the new president after Friday's elections.

The Commission's president Rafael Blanco said: "The federation have to decide what they're going to do and the commission will ratify or modify what that organisation decides.

"Aragones' remarks were inappropriate, in their basis, and in their timing.

"However the problem cannot be centred on those remarks.

"The blame for racism and intolerance in football is not down to the coach it is a question of greater depth and has other causes."