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.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2006 - 16:00

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.

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