Time to stamp out unsporting behaviour

ON THIS the fourth day of July, 2006, a happy Independence Day to any American friends out there; also, commiserations to our friends from across the pond on their elimination from the World Cup.

Mr Rooney’s dismissal didn’t help their cause, that despicable stamping incident now well recorded, but his cause wasn’t helped by the equally despicable reaction of his Manchester United teammate, Ronaldo.

All of this is what turns me off soccer, what turns many more — in the States especially — off what is undoubtedly the world game.