United States manager Bob Bradley says his players will not deliberately try to provoke Wayne Rooney during Saturday's Group C match against England.

Rio Ferdinand describes the moment he injured his knee in training and says he knew immediately it was serious as he heard his knee "snap". The Manchester United star also insists no one was to blame and says it was just a "freak accident".

England captain Rio Ferdinand says the sight of a car-crash victim being treated at the same hospital has helped him find perspective over his absence from the World Cup through injury.

United States players Carlos Bocanegra and Tim Howard sympathise with England's Rio Ferdinand, who will not participate in the World Cup after sustaining a knee injury in training. England face the USA on Saturday.

World Cup 2010 : Rustenburg High above Nelson Mandela Drive - the long road that stretches into and out of Rustenburg - the face of Wayne Rooney looks down from a giant hoarding accompanied by the slogan: "Once In A Lifetime." Rooney is one of the symbols of the World Cup, earmarked even before the opening ceremony as a unique...

Injured England captain Rio Ferdinand is focusing on the chance to inspire young South Africans after being ruled out of the tournament.

Wayne Rooney reflects on England's 3-0 win in their warm-up match against Platinum Stars and looks forward to the start of the World Cup on Saturday.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes says he 'probably' would have played for England at the World Cup had he been asked sooner.

Manchester United's US owners the Glazer family are struggling under debts of more than £1.1bn, the BBC learns.

BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce reports from England's World Cup training camp in Rustenburg, as Michael Dawson arrives to replace an injured Rio Ferdinand.

England midfielder Frank Lampard admits the loss of captain Rio Ferdinand, who is out of the World Cup with a knee injury, is "a big loss" for the squad but Lampard insists replacement Michael Dawson deserves his call-up.

Former England and Liverpool midfielder John Barnes says that whilst "it's a blow" that Rio Ferdinand will miss the World Cup, he thinks that England "will cope" without him.

BBC Sport Editor David Bond reports from Rustenburg as England captain Rio Ferdinand is ruled out of the World Cup with a knee injury.

World Cup 2010: Rustenburg Rio Ferdinand - tempting fate to a degree it found impossible to resist - claimed his catalogue of injuries at Manchester United could provide "a silver lining" for England's World Cup hopes . The theory, fatally flawed, was that the problems that restricted him to only 21 appearances would leave him refreshed and at the peak...

For all the meticulous preparation England manager Fabio Capello has put in to England's training camp here in Rustenburg, the injury to Rio Ferdinand goes to show you can't eliminate bad luck. The outcome of the scan on Ferdinand's left knee, injured in a tackle with Emile Heskey, will not be known until later on Friday at the earliest. But...