Putin cancels trip, spinmeisters go to work

[ZURICH COUNTDOWN] Less than 48 hours before the FIFA executive committee selects the hosts of the 2018/22 World Cups, RuudGullit is doing his best to whip up the citizens of Zurich into World Cup frenzy. It’s freezing with fresh snow on the ground, but Gullit, head of the Netherlands-Belgium bid for the 2018 WorldCup, was out partying Tuesday while the real work of making last-minute appeals for votes is taking place in the cozy confines of old Zurich hotels like the Bauer Au Lac, where David Beckham,  Prince Williams and Prime Minister David Cameron could be seenpressing the case for England’s sagging bid.