Sterling's World Cup dream inked in the stars

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The tattoo on England forward Raheem Sterling's left forearm suggests that he may have been predestined to play the role he has been thrust into at the World Cup. Jamaica-born Sterling grew up a short walk from the English national stadium in northwest London and the tattoo symbolises the childhood dreams he once harboured that are now coming true beneath the Brazilian sun. "I grew up five minutes from the stadium," Sterling told newspaper journalists at England's Rio de Janeiro training base on Tuesday. The figure on the boy's back has taken on added relevance in the wake of Sterling's World Cup debut in the 2-1 loss to Italy on Saturday, when he was selected at number 10 and Wayne Rooney was exiled to the left flank.

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