### Clue: Sporting people provided nothing to entertain (4)
### Answer: FIFA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Sporting people
 IF(provided;conditional on) **contained in**(… to entertain) F.A.(abbrev. for "f*** all" or Fanny Adams;nothing, as in "he's doing sweet F.A. about it").
Answer: Abbrev. for the sporting body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.