Goa, July 5 -- The fix is on. As always. But even the corrupt, craven and notoriously pliant FIFA cannot script everything that happens on the field in the open glare of the World Cup, so players and teams often find ways to tell their own wonderful stories. That infinite edge of possibility gives all sport its power to create unforgettable moments, which can erupt into paradigm shifts in the collective global consciousness. That happened at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which Hitler and the Nazis explicitly intended to be their ultimate propaganda tool for asserting supposed "Aryan" supremacy. Instead, the heroic African-American track and field star Jesse Owens put the lie to their bigotry, by dominating the sprints and long jump and taking...