Another final farce

The Midweek Nation in Barbados is reporting that the World Cup closing ceremony last weekend cost $750,000 (about £370,000). Do you remember watching it? I don't. Was that because only 15 minutes of it were televised - in near darkness?

OK, so the organisers cannot be blamed for not anticipating that the final would run over time, but if I was one of the Barbados taxpayers who are footing the bill, I'd be bit miffed, not least because the money went to artistic and technical directors from Trinidad and Miami rather than Barbados.