Rooney red not my fault: Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has denied he got Wayne Rooney sent off in an incident that put his Manchester United colleague among an infamous group of England players to see red in the World Cup.
Rooney let his fiery temperament get the better of him just when he needed to keep his cool, stamping on Ricardo Carvalho's testicles in the 62nd minute with yesterday's (AEST) quarter-final against Portugal poised at 0-0.
He made the matter worse by shoving Ronaldo after the Portuguese winger waded in to protest with the referee.
A stunned Rooney, who joined David Beckham and Ray Wilkins as the only England players to be sent off at the finals, was eventually led off fuming.
Beckham was given his marching orders against Argentina in the second round in 1998 by Danish referee Kim Milton Neilsen, while Wilkins was sent off against Morocco in 1986.
Down to 10 men, England battled on but lost on penalties with Ronaldo hammering the final nail into its coffin by converting the final spot kick.
Ronaldo denied he encouraged the referee to give Rooney his marching orders.
"People will say that the referee gave the red card because I spoke with him; this is not true. I spoke with him to say it was a foul, but I only said it was a foul, not a red card," Ronaldo said.
"I think the English press will say Rooney was sent off because of me but it is not true."
Ronaldo was seen winking at his bench after the incident but refused to comment on why.