New Delhi, July 10 -- By the time a teary-eyed Lionel Messi had helped complete a sensational comeback Argentinian victory over an excellent Egypt on 7 July, football was back in focus. Just as once Mexico kicked off the World Cup, all the issues- Iran-US war, exorbitant ticket prices, travel bans for several fans and the protests in Mexico-became background noise, US President Donald Trump's most bizarre phone call to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to overturn a suspension handed to Team USA striker Folarin Balogun was a fading memory for most of the world by the time Enzo Fernandes headed in the goal to send Egypt home. An engaging sporting contest has a way of over-writing everything else and this World Cup has presented multiple such gam...