No matter how intently we listen to FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s repetitive hymns extolling the “purity of the game” and its pristine detachment from politics, reality strikes back…

A Fifa president with little feeling for football has focused on increasing revenue to the detriment of the game’s greatest showpiece

The FIFA World Cup has never truly been free from politics — and some years stand out as especially controversial. This year is one of them.