Racist abuse in Spanish sport events.

Lewis Hamilton was taunted with racial abuse at the Formula One

circuit in Barcelona, by a group of fans, with blackened faces.

Luis Aragones, Spanish national football coach,

made abusive racist remarks about the French striker

Thierry Henry, in 2006, and the Football Federation was slow to take action, eventually fining Aragones, while the spanish press didn't show much sense of outrage at the case.

"The things that happen on a football field or in motor racing,

are a reflection of day-to-day life in Spain".

Isabel Martinez, SOS Racism

Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United defender,

has called for firm action against racist abuse in sport.

"There should be no room for this kind of stupidity

and ignorance in sport and society". Rio