Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- It is a stew of inedible quality. But eat it we are expected to do. Consider the stomach-churning ingredients. FIFA, an opaque organisation of mafia qualities that governs world football. Add to the mix crawling-to-power President Gianni Infantino, a preposterous darling of authoritarian favour. Mix in his cringeworthy, very public association with US President Donald Trump, peace prize and all. And money. Money, money and some. Will that contaminated mix set?



Not happy with the loot secured from the just concluded Men's World Cup, stained by criminally high-ticket sales and returns from the secondary market, Infantino was onto another venture. This one, largely kept from most of the organisational cadres of FIFA a...