FIFA disciplinary chiefs will deal Wayne Rooney’s violent conduct charge before the end of the World Cup, it has been confirmed.

Wayne Rooney vowed to prove his status as one of the leading talents in the game at next year’s World Cup finals as he urged the English people to place their trust in their team.

England’s World Cup preparations have suffered a setback after Leicester prop Julian White ruled himself out of the tournament.

Anastacia will sing the official song of the 2002 World Cup.

They talk about whether New Zealand are too old to reclaim the Webb Ellis Cup and ask how far can Ireland go?

In 2003, Australia recorded the largest margin of victory in a World Cup match, notching up 22 tries without reply to defeat Namibia 142-0 at the Adelaide Oval. Here are the 10 games that produced the tournament’s largest winning margins.

Romania lead Namibia 7-0 in the World Cup Pool A today.

Spain and South Africa have kicked off their World Cup Group B qualifier.

39 minute: Santa Cruz has opened the scoring for Paraguay in Group B of the World Cup. Latest Paraguay 1, South Africa 1.

Mansiz scored his second of the day - and third of the World Cup - with a cool finish to extend Turkey's lead.

Matthew Holland has put Ireland two goals up in the World Cup Qualifier clash against Estonia.

Goal-line technology will not be used in next summer’s World Cup after plans to experiment with system next week were dropped.

The 2008 World Cup in Australia will cost an estimated £9.7m but is set to become the most successful, it was claimed today.

Nigeria 0 England 0

Steven Gerrard will require an operation on his groin and will miss the World Cup finals.

Fifa has awarded Yahoo! exclusive rights to host the official websites for the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals.

Congratulations Keith Earls!

Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz admitted he was devastated that their World Cup dreams had come to an end.