Rooney insists he cannot be regarded as a truly great player unless he wins the World Cup.

He is set to play against Brazil, the world’s top-ranked nation, for the first time when England take on Dunga’s men in Doha on Saturday.

“There are players like George Best and (Cristiano) Ronaldo who are geniuses,” said Rooney.

“But if [...]

Real Madrid were knocked out of the Copa del Rey in humiliating fashion after crashing to a 4-1 aggregate defeat at the hands of Alcorcon.

For the second year in a row, Madrid have been put out of Spain’s domestic cup competition by a third-tier side.

Kaka, Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy all played, but it took [...]

Ten-man Real Madrid CF resisted considerable late pressure to take the derby spoils in the Spanish capital, prevailing 3-2 at Club Atlético de Madrid to stay within a point of FC Barcelona, who beat RCD Mallorca 4-2.

Los Merengues had not lost at the home of their neighbours for ten years and [...]