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But please don’t take it from me – Fifa itself is increasingly clear on the matter. "I will say something crazy," declared its chillingly sane secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, back in April, "but less democracy is sometimes better for organising a World Cup." A statement that should for ever lay to rest Fifa’s nonsense about the tournament’s power to change the world for good.

via The greatest trick Fifa ever pulled was to issue a Qatar weather warning | Marina Hyde | Comment is free | The Guardian.

North Korea will want to host them next.