AMERICA'S MOST UNWANTED

Trump the host from hell as soccerball is yawn for Yanks

- JEREMY CROSS

DONALD TRUMP hasn't just looked this gift horse in the mouth. He's kicked the poor thing's teeth in.

Reducing what should be a thoroughbred sporting event into something to be mocked, derided and looked down upon.

A bit like a donkey plodding along Scarborough beach.

The World Cup is supposed to be FIFA's blue riband event, but despite years in the making, no one from FIFA appeared to tell those people hosting it.

In Houston's downtown bar and restaurant 'Moonshiners' this week, there were almost more TV screens than punters.

And those who were inside appeared more interested in watching the one screen broadcasting something other than Sweden's five-goal thumping of Tunisia.

Carolina Hurricanes were beating Vegas Golden Knights to win the Stanley Cup in ice hockey's equivalent of the Champions League final.

In keeping with the bar's name, it felt like watching the football had become an illicit activity that had to be conducted under the cover of darkness.