FIFA’s shameless rule-bending for Cristiano Ronaldo proves beyond doubt what they and their ridiculous president Gianni Infantino really want from next summer’s World Cup, writes IAN LADYMAN

A little more than six months out from their vainglorious, overblown and increasingly ugly World Cup, FIFA have embarrassed themselves already. Allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to play in Portugal’s opening game of the tournament is as nakedly self-serving as it gets. Ronaldo shouldn’t be available for the first two games of next summer’s tournament in the […]

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