Pizzey's Perch

The his­tor­i­cal claim that the FIFA World Cup  presents “…an oppor­tu­ni­ty to fos­ter peace and good­will among com­pet­ing nations” is, unfor­tu­nate­ly, more lofty ide­al than real­i­ty. But it does have a use­ful appli­ca­tion in the foul-beset field of diplo­mat­ic games­man­ship — Red and Yel­low cards.… Read the rest