World Cup 2014: England’s Wayne Rooney Expresses His Disappointment

As England endures its worst World Cup in more than 50 years, Wayne Rooney wants his teammates to remember the pain of this debacle.

Less than a week into its Brazil campaign, England is already out of contention, having lost to Italy and Uruguay. Not since 1958 had England failed to make it to the second round of a World Cup it qualified for.

“It’s vital we take the pain we are feeling now and remember that, and the next tournament, we don’t want to feel that again,” Rooney said in Rio de Janeiro.

“Obviously, we are hurting,” he added. “We are really disappointed to be out of the tournament. I am sure you can imagine it’s quite tough, a long few days for us.”

PLAYERS REMAIN AFTER A DEATH The Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Touré will stay at the World Cup despite the death of their younger brother.

A team spokesman, Eric Kakou, said that the Tourés had been given the option of leaving the tournament after their brother Ibrahim, 28, died Thursday in England but that the Tourés had chosen to stay. The Ivorians play Greece in their final Group C game Tuesday and will qualify for the last 16 for the first time if they win.

SWISS DEFENDER IS OUT Switzerland central defender Steve von Bergen is out of the World Cup after breaking a facial bone in his team’s 5-2 loss to France.

Von Bergen was kicked in the face by France striker Olivier Giroud as they challenged for the ball in the seventh minute of Friday’s Group E match in Salvador, Brazil.

FANS CLASH The Brazilian police detained two suspected members of the Argentine hooligan gangs known in Spanish as barras bravas.

The two were among nearly 20 Argentines detained inside the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, where Argentina beat Iran.

The policing of a central Belo Horizonte plaza was beefed up after dozens of Argentine and Brazilian fans engaged in a drunken street clash in the early morning. They launched beer bottles and insults at one another, but no injuries were reported, the police said.