He is a lucky man, but you have to acknowledge he made his own luck.

At just before 6pm tonight, more than four hours after voting started in his home country of Switzerland, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino was elected ninth President of FIFA by the comfortable margin of 27 votes over his chief rival Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa.

A lot of bests have been seen over the last 11 days here in snowy Norway.

The young Organising Committee has been superb, the volunteers numerous, efficient and helpful, the transport service straightforward, the Wi-Fi flawless. And the sport, while lacking the drama and intensity of an Olympics proper, has been exciting and good to watch, blending the innovative monobob and cross-country cross with older and more established disciplines.

THERE HAS been much discussion about the Zika virus in Brazil and the possible impact of the virus on the Summer Olympics of 2016. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC)’s representative team of Annette Knott, Secretary General and Dr Ian Hypolite, Chef de Mission recently visited three locations in Brazil to assess the Zika situation and review potential training sites for the national team.