England`s Ian Wright `leaves Brazil over robbery`

Brasilia: Former England striker Ian Wright flew home from the World Cup in Brazil after his wife and children were held at knifepoint in a burglary, reports said Thursday.

It is understood four men armed with knives broke into Wright`s London home and held his wife and children before stealing personal possessions. The 50-year-old pundit, who won fame as a striker for Arsenal, has been acting as an analyst at the World Cup for ITV. Police said they were investigating an aggravated burglary at an address in north-west London. "Personal possessions were stolen. The suspects are described as four black men aged between 18 and 25, with London accents, wearing dark clothing and hoodies obscuring their faces," a police spokesman said. Wright tweeted "You won`t get away with it!" in an apparent reference to the burglary.