Rooney handed two-match ban

Wayne Rooney has been handed a two-match ban by FIFA for stamping on Ricardo Carvalho in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal.

The governing body found the 20-year-old firebrand guilty of violent conduct despite the Football Association and the striker himself arguing his case.

The Manchester United forward will miss England’s Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra on September 2 at Old Trafford and Macedonia away on September 6.