Rotten to the Core

2009. Russia and England are bidding to stage the 2018 World Cup. FIFA Secretary-General, Franois Picard, has been offered a small fortune that will enable him to retire in luxury if he secures the World Cup for Russia. Picard works out that a no-hoper bid for the European football championships in 2016 will undermine England''s World Cup bid, and supports it against a bid from his own country. Bu...