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Indeed. Then there's this pearler: "I’ve got people, whose judgment I do trust, who are saying it would be great if a 1min 42.4sec run and some great performances were being dissected,” he said. “The crowd is an easier subject to talk about rather than some of the more insightful stuff around...

"Lord" Coe has had a pop at the BBC coverage and the criticisms directed at the empty stadium: "“It’s very easy to sit there and make all sorts of Gabby Logan-type judgments over three or four days and clear off back to Match of the Day,” said Coe, seemingly ignoring the fact that Logan also...

Well it was never going to be an indoor World Cup was it. Actually, thinking about it, I wouldn't put anything past FIFA now.

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It wasn't delusional, I'm sure they'll have been fully aware. Taking the Championships to a tiny, oppressive desert state, with no sporting heritage or pedigree whatsover, with a population of around 2.5m people, 90% of which is made up of migrant workers, it was obvious the crowds would be...

I'd be lying if I said I won't be tuning in as well. But I will be heartened to see sparsely populated stadiums, so FIFA can end up as suitably embarrassed as their IAAF counterparts. I expect the major matches will be well attended, but some of the lesser nations they'll probably have to bus in...

You couldn't pay me to go to that ridiculous bent World Cup they're hosting. I hope it turns out to be a catastrophic failure on every level.