It was FIFA’s corruption that stunned people, not President Donald Trump’s. The chief executive’s contempt for rules is now taken for granted. What Sport, even more than politics, depends on a disinterested application of the rules.

An unprecedented FIFA decision, a direct intervention from Donald Trump, and a World Cup controversy that has left football divided.

The suspension of the USA striker’s red card after Trump’s intervention has shown what Gianni Infantino’s organisation is trying to turn the sport into: scripted entertainment