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Gianni Infantino is seated alongside the general secretary, Mattias Grafstrom, who confirms 201 nations are in virtual attendance, and that all 211 eligible nations have voted on the World Cup bids.

I do not even know where to begin. But if I look back at the unbending arc of compromised integrity the writing, as they say, has been on the wall," writes Krishna Moorthy.