Foul!: The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket ScandalsAndrew Jennings, an award-winning investigative sports reporter, spent four years delving into the dark side of 'the beautiful game'. The result is this explosive and damning exposè of the officials that run football's world governing body, FIFA - a story of how the men in suits put personal ambition and money before the fans on the terraces. No individual has managed to penetrate the secret world of FIFA. Until now. Andrew Jennings, the world's leading sports investigative reporter, has unearthed the stories that FIFA doesn't want told. He blows the whistle on an international cash-for-contracts scandal and reveals how some football officials have been urged to secretly repay the sweeteners they received. He asks why FIFA President delayed acting against troubled marketing company ISL, who wrongly withheld £45 million of FIFA's cash. He exposes the vote-rigging that went on behind closed doors in the fight for control of FIFA . Jennings has researched in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. He has uncovered damning evidence and persuaded FIFA insiders to talk to him about the questionable business practices they've witnessed. Foul!'s mix of world-class probing journalism, compelling story-telling and dark humour make this the most important book ever written about the men who control the people's game. |
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... Burrell . He never missed a chance to announce his belief that football should demonstrate the high- est ethical standards . So when Jamie Lawrence , a new member of Jamaica's national squad , disclosed in a press interview that a ...
... Burrell . He never missed a chance to announce his belief that football should demonstrate the high- est ethical standards . So when Jamie Lawrence , a new member of Jamaica's national squad , disclosed in a press interview that a ...
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... Burrell had left with debts of more than £ 300,000 . Burrell's deputy was Horace Reid who had previously been his general secretary . The voters didn't want them but Warner had to be seen to back his chosen officials and send the ...
... Burrell had left with debts of more than £ 300,000 . Burrell's deputy was Horace Reid who had previously been his general secretary . The voters didn't want them but Warner had to be seen to back his chosen officials and send the ...
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... Burrell's sniping from the sidelines and issued a press statement accusing him of ' constantly undermining the organisation ' . It went on , ' Captain Horace Burrell continues his sustained effort to seek to cast doubt on the current ...
... Burrell's sniping from the sidelines and issued a press statement accusing him of ' constantly undermining the organisation ' . It went on , ' Captain Horace Burrell continues his sustained effort to seek to cast doubt on the current ...
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SEPP BLATTER MADE BY ADIDAS | 19 |
SEPP MAKES HIS MOVE ON HAVELANGE | 32 |
DASSLERS BOYS LOSE THE OLYMPICS | 48 |
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