Lining up to taint image of beautiful game

The World Cup looms in the distance . . . like a vast cloud about to blot out the sun, putting us in mind of Pompeii long ago, writes Michael Moynihan.

Sorry if that sounds unduly negative. There are aspects of the global fintech-exposition that I quite like.

Take the resurrection every four years of all sorts of codgers to relive their long-ago feats and achievements.