Trump scores own-goal as World Cup overflows with politics

TOI correspondent from Washington: Spain won the World Cup but Donald Trump nearly stole the moment of glory. For a few awkward seconds after Spain defeated Argentina to capture football's biggest prize, the victorious Spaniards found themselves sharing the podium with an American president who remained planted centre stage like an enthusiastic wedding guest who has wandered into the family photograph and refuses to take the hint.The cue to leave eventually came from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who, with the delicate touch of a maître d' telling a late diner it’s closing time, gently shepherded Trump away from the celebrating players. Trump's exit, as natural for him as conceding an election, was an appropriately surreal finale to a tournament over which the US President hovered like an VAR review.