FIFA has a long and ignoble history of awarding the World Cup to some of the most corrupt and repressive nations on earth, stretching right back to 1934, when it was played in the Italy of Benito Mussolini, who saw it as a golden opportunity to promote fascism. Were it not for the small matter of World War II breaking out, there was a 50-50 chance that the 1942 World Cup would have taken place in Nazi Germany. But FIFA has more than made up for that missed opportunity over the years. ?Argentina, then a military dictatorship, in 1978. South...