| God forgive me, I should have been out there queueing at 4am, along with the ticket touts and scalpers, and the diehards. |
| But diehards on both sides, just like Mr Putin's fist-banging, aren't helping. |
| Some is coming from hardline Kashmiri separatists, and diehards over the border in Pakistan. |
| Spurring them on from the stands are some 200 diehards, who are in the Russian capital to give the side their unconditional support. |
| Their versification is traditional, though impudent rhymes and elusive caesuras shocked diehards. |
| Yet among them are Zanu-PF diehards who will probably be celebrating Mugabe's feat of reaching 91, despite their own shameful life conditions. |
